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Yannakopoulos, A.L. (2007). Egg Enrichment in Omega-3 Fatty Acids. In: Huopalahti, R., López-Fandiño, R., Anton, M., Schade, R. (eds) Bioactive Egg Compounds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37885-3_20
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