Effect of antibiotics as cholesterol-lowering agents
β Scribed by David J.A. Jenkins; Cyril W.C. Kendall; Maryam Hamidi; Edward Vidgen; Dorothea Faulkner; Tina Parker; Nalini Irani; Thomas M.S. Wolever; Ignatius Fong; Peter Kopplin; Philip W. Connelly; Andrew Onderdonk; A. Venket Rao
- Book ID
- 116746938
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 356 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8600
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