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Essential and Trans-Fatty Acids in Nutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

T. A. B. Sanders
T. A. B. Sanders
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Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, King's College, University of London, Campden Hill Road, LondonW8 7AH
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 57 - 78
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