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Merits of empirical and mechanistic approaches to the study of the energy metabolism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

K. J. McCracken
K. J. McCracken
Affiliation:
Food and Agricultural Chemistry Department, The Queen's University of Belfast and Department of Agriculture, Northern Ireland, Newforge Lane, Belflast BT9 5PX
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Symposium on ‘Comparative aspects of the concepts in animal and human energy metabolism’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , May 1992 , pp. 125 - 133
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1992

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