Oxysterols: Formation and biological function

Advanced Dairy Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 641-674

  Morrissey, P A ^a   Kiely, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28813-9_18     Document Type: Chapter

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