Dietary alpha-linolenic acid is associated with reduced risk of fatal coronary heart disease, but increased prostate cancer risk: a meta-analysis.

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Published in J Nutr on April 01, 2004

Authors

Ingeborg A Brouwer1, Martijn B Katan, Peter L Zock

Author Affiliations

1: Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences, Wageningen, the Netherlands. ingeborg.brouwer@wur.nl

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