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Postprandial hypotension in the elderly: what is the metabolic chain of events?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2007

B. J. Boucher
B. J. Boucher*
Affiliation:
Honorary Senior Lecturer,Diabetes and Metabolic MedicineQueen Mary School of Medicine and DentistryRoyal London HospitalLondonUK
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email: bboucher@doctors.org.uk
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Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 94 , Issue 5 , November 2005 , pp. 865
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2005

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