Health benefits of dietary fiber

Nutrition Reviews - Tập 67 Số 4 - Trang 188-205 - 2009
James W. Anderson1, Pat Baird, Richard H. Davis, Stefanie P. Ferreri, Mary Knudtson, Ashraf Koraym, Valerie Waters, Christine L. Williams
1Department of Internal Medicine and Nutritional Sciences Program, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40502, USA. [email protected]

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