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Relation of raw and cooked vegetable consumption to blood pressure: the INTERMAP study

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Geleijnse, J. Relation of raw and cooked vegetable consumption to blood pressure: the INTERMAP study. J Hum Hypertens 28, 343–344 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2014.13

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