Olive oil as a functional food: Nutritional and health benefits

Handbook of Olive Oil: Analysis and Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 677-714

  Perona, Javier S ^a   Botham, Kathleen M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7777-8_18     Document Type: Chapter

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