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Vitamin B6 status and requirements in older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

H. van den Berg
Affiliation:
TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands
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Abstract

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Invited commentary
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

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