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Micronutrient undernutrition in British schoolchildren

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Susan Southon
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA
Angela L. Bailey
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA
A. J. A. Wright
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA
Joanne Belsten
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA
P. M. Finglas
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Functional significance of micronutrient undernutrition’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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