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Nutritional epidemiology, extinction or evolution? It is all about balance and moderation

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Verhoog, S., Marques-Vidal, P. & Franco, O.H. Nutritional epidemiology, extinction or evolution? It is all about balance and moderation. Eur J Epidemiol 34, 333–335 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00514-5

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