Developing a multicultural nutrition education tool: Pacific Island food models.

J Nutr Educ Behav

Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawai'i.

Published: October 2015

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