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Comment
. 2015 May;101(5):1102-3.
doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.105379.

Concerns about the use of 15:0, 17:0, and trans-16:1n-7 as biomarkers of dairy fat intake in recent observational studies that suggest beneficial effects of dairy food on incidence of diabetes and stroke

W M Nimal Ratnayake  1
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Concerns about the use of 15:0, 17:0, and trans-16:1n-7 as biomarkers of dairy fat intake in recent observational studies that suggest beneficial effects of dairy food on incidence of diabetes and stroke

W M Nimal Ratnayake. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 May.
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