The Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load in Clinical Practice
✍ Scribed by Louise Gagné
- Book ID
- 116457739
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1550-8307
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