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Vernon Young and the development of current knowledge in protein and amino acid nutritionVernon Young 1937–2004

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

D. Joe Millward
D. Joe Millward
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Centre for Nutrition and Food SafetySchool of Biomedical and Molecular SciencesUniversity of SurreyGuildfordSurrey GU2 7XHUKD.Millward@Surrey.ac.uk
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 92 , Issue 2 , August 2004 , pp. 189 - 197
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