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Nutrition, exercise and the immune system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Bente Klarlund Pedersen*
Affiliation:
The Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kenneth Ostrowski
Affiliation:
The Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thomas Rohde
Affiliation:
The Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Helle Bruunsgaard
Affiliation:
The Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
*
*Corresponding author: Dr B. K. Pedersen, fax 00 45 35 45 6648, email bkp@rh.dk
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998

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