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Mediterranean diet, fats and cardiovascular disease risk: what news?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Denis Lairon
Denis Lairon
Affiliation:
Human Nutrition and LipidsUnit 476-INSERM18 Avenue Mozart13009 Marseille, France
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Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , July 1999 , pp. 5 - 6
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

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