Saturated fat has been unfairly demonised

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-321

  Murray Skeaff, C ^a   Jackson, Rod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84857408198     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc11320     Document Type: Article

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