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Original Articles

Food Label Use by Older Americans

Data from the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals and the Diet and Health Knowledge Survey 1994-96

, MS, RD, LD, , PhD, RD, LD, FADA, , PhD & , MS, RD, LD
Pages 35-52 | Received 01 Jun 2003, Accepted 01 Dec 2003, Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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