Fish consumption pattern among adults of different ethnics in Peninsular Malaysia
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Fish consumption pattern among adults of different ethnics in Peninsular Malaysia
BACKGROUND Understanding different patterns of fish consumption is an important component for risk assessment of contaminants in fish. A few studies on food consumption had been conducted in Malaysia, but none of them focused specifically on fish consumption. The objectives of this study were to document the meal pattern among three major ethnics in Malaysia with respect to fish/seafood consump...
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عنوان ژورنال: Food & Nutrition Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1654-6628,1654-661X
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v60.32697