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  1. Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Imre Janszky M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA, USA

    Kenneth J. Mukamal M.D., MPH

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  3. Division of Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman, University of Arizona, 1295 N. Martin Avenue, Tucson, 85724, Arizona, USA

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Janszky, I., Mukamal, K.J. (2013). Chocolate and Coronary Heart Disease. In: Watson, R., Preedy, V., Zibadi, S. (eds) Chocolate in Health and Nutrition. Nutrition and Health, vol 7. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-803-0_22

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