Consumption of whole-grain foods and decreased risk of cancer: Proposed mechanisms

Cereal Foods World

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 54-58

  Slavin, J ^a   Marquart, L ^b   Jacobs Jr , D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GENERAL MILLS INC   (United States)

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