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Dairy Consumption and Cardiometabolic Diseases: Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analyses of Prospective Cohort Studies
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Vissers, L., van der Schouw, Y. & Sluijs, I. Challenge in interpretation of Mendelian randomization studies using lactase persistence as instrumental variable. Eur J Clin Nutr 72, 179–180 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2017.128
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