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  1. Department of Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    S Tokudome, K Kuriki, S Suzuki, J Jiang, J Wang & E Takeda

  2. Department of Preventive Nutraceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    Y Ichikawa, H Okuyama & E Takeda

  3. Nagoya Bunri University, Inazawa, Japan

    Y Tokudome & C Goto

  4. Medical Welfare Center Kouseiin, Meito-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    N Imaeda

  5. Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    K Kuriki

  6. Kasugai City Medical Care Center, Kasugai, Japan

    K Shibata

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Tokudome, S., Ichikawa, Y., Okuyama, H. et al. The Mediterranean vs the Japanese diet. Eur J Clin Nutr 58, 1323 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601970

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