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The Influence of Legume Seeds on Human Plasma Lipid Concentrations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Susan M. Kingman
Susan M. Kingman
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Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, 100 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QL
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 97 - 123
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