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Dietary Fatty Acids with Trans Unsaturation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Michael I. Gurr
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Maypole Scientific Services, Vale View Cottage, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0NU, United Kingdom
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