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The impact of gastrointestinal parasites on protein-energy malnutrition in man

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

P. G. Lunn
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Nutrition Centre, Downhams' Lane, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
C. A. Northrop-Clewes
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Nutrition Centre, Downhams' Lane, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
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Symposium on ‘Parasitism and protein and energy metabolism in man and animals’
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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