Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 75-81 , January 2010

Dietary intakes of essential nutrients among Arab and Berber ethnic groups on rural Tunisian island

  • Thouraya Baroudi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetics, Immunology and Human Pathologies, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, El Manar II University, Tunis, Tunisia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +216-71-60-65-15; fax: +216-71-82-17-0.
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  • Hedi Ben Maiz, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Charles Nicolle, Internal Medicine A, Tunis, Tunisia
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  • Hafaoua Kammoun Abid, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Charles Nicolle, Internal Medicine A, Tunis, Tunisia
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  • Amel Benammar-Elgaaied, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetics, Immunology and Human Pathologies, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, El Manar II University, Tunis, Tunisia
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  • Leila Trabelsi Alouane, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • High School of the Sciences and Techniques of the Health of Tunis, University of Tunis II, Bab Suika BP 176, Tunis, Tunisia

Received 16 February 2008 ,Accepted 18 May 2009.

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PII: S0899-9007(09)00239-1

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.05.020

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 75-81 , January 2010

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