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Whole-body protein and amino acid turnover in man: what can we measure with confidence?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

D. J. Millward ,
G. M. Price ,
P. J. H. Pacy  and
D. Halliday
D. J. Millward
Affiliation:
Nutrition Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 4 St Pancras Way, LondonNW1 2PE
G. M. Price
Affiliation:
Nutrition Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 4 St Pancras Way, LondonNW1 2PE
P. J. H. Pacy
Affiliation:
Nutrition Research Group, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
D. Halliday
Affiliation:
Nutrition Research Group, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
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Symposium on ‘Clinical aspects of protein and energy metabolism’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , August 1991 , pp. 197 - 216
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The Nutrition Society

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