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Editorial
. 2019 Aug;43(8):1491-1492.
doi: 10.1038/s41366-019-0363-7. Epub 2019 Apr 9.

Use of high-fat diets to study rodent obesity as a model of human obesity

John R Speakman  1
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Editorial

Use of high-fat diets to study rodent obesity as a model of human obesity

John R Speakman. Int J Obes (Lond). 2019 Aug.
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