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Functional Foods: cholesterol-lowering benefits of plant sterols — reply by Thurnham

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Dr D. I. Thurnham
Dr D. I. Thurnham
Affiliation:
Northern Ireland Centre for Diet & Health School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 84 , Issue 2 , August 2000 , pp. 254
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