Traditional Korean diet can alter the urine organic acid profile, which may reflect the metabolic influence of the diet
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Shin, Phil-Kyung
(CHA University)
Chun, Sukyung (CHA University) Kim, Myung Sunny (Korea Food Research Institute) Park, Seon-Joo (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of BioNano Technology, Gachon University) Kim, Min Jung (Korea Food Research Institute) Kwon, Dae Young (Korea Food Research Institute) Kim, KyongChol (GangNam Major Hospital) Lee, Hae-Jeung (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of BioNano Technology, Gachon University) Choi, Sang-Woon (CHA University) |
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