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Is the taste of fat regulated?

Patricia Passilly-Degrace1, Michael Chevrot, Arnaud Bernard

  • 1Physiologie de la Nutrition et Toxicologie (NUTox), UMR U866 INSERM/Université de Bourgogne/AgroSup Dijon, AgroSup Dijon, 1, Esplanade Erasme, F-21000 Dijon, France.

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|August 13, 2013
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