Stevia, nature's zero-calorie sustainable sweetener: A new player in the fight against obesity

Nutrition Today

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 129-134

  Ashwell, Margaret ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84931064143     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NT.0000000000000094     Document Type: Article

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