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Antibiotics exposure in obesity: an update of a complex relationship

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Bifulco, M. Antibiotics exposure in obesity: an update of a complex relationship. Endocrine 48, 12–13 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-014-0421-9

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