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Original Articles

Trans fatty acid content in Malaysian supermarket foods: a field-to-laboratory approach in assessing food risk

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Pages 1375-1384 | Received 23 Mar 2014, Accepted 25 May 2014, Published online: 18 Jun 2014

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