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Triacylglycerol and coronary heart disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Melissa A. Austin
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Box 357236, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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