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Mildred S. Seelig, M.D., Master of Public Health, Master of the American College of Nutrition, Adjunct Professor of Nutrition, University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill

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Bussiere FI, Zimowska W, Gueux E, Rayssiguier Y, Mazur A. Centre de Recherches en Nutrition Humaine d’Auvergne, Unite Maladies Metaboliques et Micronutriments INRA-Theix, St-Genes-Champanelle, France.

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Bussiere FI, Gueux E, Rock E, Girardeau JP, Tridon A, Mazur A, Rayssiguier Centre de Recherches en Nutrition Humaine d’Auvergne, Unite Maladies Metaboliques et Micronutriments, INRA, Theix, St-Genes-Champanelle, France.

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Malpuech-Brugere C, Nowacki W, Daveau M, Gueux E, Linard C, Rock E, Lebreton J, Mazur A, Rayssiguier Y. Centre de Recherches en Nutrition Humaine, Unite Maladies Metaboliques et Micronutriments, INRA, Theix, St. Genes Champanelle, France.

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R Swaminathan Department of Chemical Pathology, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, SE1 7EH.