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Cranberry Juice: Effects on Health

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Cranberries have long been used as a part of traditional and folk medicine.

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  1. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 150 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, 02111, USA

    Diane L. McKay Ph.D.

  2. Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN, 54987, USA

    Ted Wilson Ph.D.

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McKay, D.L., Wilson, T. (2016). Cranberry Juice: Effects on Health. In: Wilson, T., Temple, N. (eds) Beverage Impacts on Health and Nutrition. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23672-8_7

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