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Vitamin E and the immune response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

J. Kelleher
J. Kelleher
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Clinical Sciences Building, St Jame's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF
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Symposium on ‘Micronutrients and the immune response’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , August 1991 , pp. 245 - 249
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The Nutrition Society

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