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Red meat consumption and biological markers of metabolic disorders

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    Tomoyuki Kawada

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Kawada, T. Red meat consumption and biological markers of metabolic disorders. Eur J Nutr 60, 2999–3000 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02609-w

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