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Cardiovascular risk factors in women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2008

Christine M. Williams
Christine M. Williams
Affiliation:
Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AP
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Symposium on ‘Nutritional issues for women’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 56 , Issue 1B , March 1997 , pp. 383 - 391
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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