Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 791-798 , July 2010

Trends in nutritional inequality by educational level: A case of South Korea

Received 1 April 2009 ,Accepted 14 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.07.011

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 791-798 , July 2010

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