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Effects of a mediterranean-style diet on cardiovascular risk factors. Authors' reply

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A large-scale feeding trial in high-risk participants to assess the effects of 2 Mediterranean diets, one supplemented with virgin olive oil and the other supplemented with mixed nuts, compared with a low-fat diet on cardiovascular outcomes.
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This article is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.The article was published on 2007-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1213 citations till now.

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