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A Method for Manipulating Blood Glucose and Measuring Resulting Changes in Cognitive Accessibility of Target Stimuli
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Sugar-sweetened beverages, weight gain and nutritional epidemiological study design
Mark A Pereira1, David R Jacobs
1Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
The British Journal of Nutrition
|November 24, 2007
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