Effects of chocolate, cocoa, and flavan-3-ols on cardiovascular health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

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Published in Am J Clin Nutr on February 01, 2012

Authors

Lee Hooper1, Colin Kay, Asmaa Abdelhamid, Paul A Kroon, Jeffrey S Cohn, Eric B Rimm, Aedín Cassidy

Author Affiliations

1: Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom. l.hooper@uea.ac.uk

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