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Benefits and risks of a fish diet—should we be eating more or less?

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  1. KN Jeejeebhoy is a Physician at St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, ON, Canada.,

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Jeejeebhoy, K. Benefits and risks of a fish diet—should we be eating more or less?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 178–179 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1067

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