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Nutritional status and its determinants in the Eastern Mediterranean region. A review
Emad A. Al-Shameri, Ahmed H. Al-Shahethi and Sharifah W. Wafa
Saudi Medical Journal April 2022, 43 (4) 423-427; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210676
Emad A. Al-Shameri
From the School of Nutrition and Dietetics (Al-Shameri, Wafa), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu; and from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (Al-Shahethi), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
BSN, MSN,Ahmed H. Al-Shahethi
From the School of Nutrition and Dietetics (Al-Shameri, Wafa), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu; and from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (Al-Shahethi), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
MPh, PhD,Sharifah W. Wafa
From the School of Nutrition and Dietetics (Al-Shameri, Wafa), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu; and from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (Al-Shahethi), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Nutritional status and its determinants in the Eastern Mediterranean region. A review
Emad A. Al-Shameri, Ahmed H. Al-Shahethi, Sharifah W. Wafa
Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2022, 43 (4) 423-427; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210676
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