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Epidemiological evidence on potential health properties of flavonoids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2007

Michaël G. L. Hertog
Affiliation:
Department of Chronic Diseases and Environmental Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, PO Box 1, NL-3720, BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Symposium on ‘Physiologically-Active Substances in Plant Foods’
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1996

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