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Review: The emerging role of Mediterranean diets in cardiovascular epidemiology: Monounsaturated fats, olive oil, red wine or the whole pattern?

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    Miguel Ángel Martínez-González & Almudena Sánchez-Villegas

  2. Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain

    Almudena Sánchez-Villegas

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Martínez-González, M.Á., Sánchez-Villegas, A. Review: The emerging role of Mediterranean diets in cardiovascular epidemiology: Monounsaturated fats, olive oil, red wine or the whole pattern?. Eur J Epidemiol 19, 9–13 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EJEP.0000013351.60227.7b

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