The serum fatty acids myristic acid and linoleic acid are better predictors of serum cholesterol concentrations when measured as molecular percentages rather than as absolute concentrations
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- 1 February 2010
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 91 (2) , 398-405
Abstract
Background: The use of serum fatty acid biomarkers in nutritional epidemiology is increasingly common; however, there is an absence of scientific eviKeywords
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