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The role of nutrition and photoperiod in the timing of puberty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Clare L. Adam  and
John J. Robinson
Clare L. Adam
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
John J. Robinson
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
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Symposium on ‘Reproduction and fertility’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 89 - 102
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