Dietary intakes among Croatian schoolchildren and adolescents

I C Barić1, S Cvjetić, Z Satalić

  • 1Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6. 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia. icolic@pbf.hr. icolic@pbf.hr

Nutrition and Health
|November 6, 2001
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