Glycemic Index: The state of the science, part 1-the measure and its variability

Nutrition Today

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 207-213

  Jones, Julie Miller ^a  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867295517     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NT.0b013e31826c4fc4     Document Type: Article

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