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. 2017 Nov 4;390(10107):2035.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31941-4.

Diet, atherosclerosis, and helmintic infection in Tsimane - Authors' reply

Hillard Kaplan  1 , Benjamin C Trumble  2 , Jonathan Stieglitz  3 , Jagat Narula  4 , Michael Gurven  5 , Gregory S Thomas  6
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Diet, atherosclerosis, and helmintic infection in Tsimane - Authors' reply

Hillard Kaplan et al. Lancet. .
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