Increase in the Intake of Refined Carbohydrates and Sugar May Have Led to the Health Decline of the Greenland Eskimos

Overview

Journal Open Heart

Publisher BMJ Publishing Group

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2016 Aug 23

PMID 27547433

Citations 4

Authors

James J DiNicolantonio

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