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Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose and Health

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This work has been supported by grant numbers 320030-135782 and 320030-138428 from the Swiss National Foundation for Science.

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    Luc Tappy M.D.

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    Leonie Egli M.Sc.

  3. Department of Molecular Pediatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Christel Tran M.D.

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Tappy, L., Egli, L., Tran, C. (2014). Metabolism of Nutritive Sweeteners in Humans. In: Rippe, J. (eds) Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose and Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-8077-9_3

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