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Nutrition and poverty in Europe: An overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2008

E. A. Dowler  and
B. M. Dobson
E. A. Dowler
Affiliation:
Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2 Taviton Street, London WC1H OBT
B. M. Dobson
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Social Policy, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU
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Symposium on ‘Nutrition and poverty in industrialized countries’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 56 , Issue 1A , March 1997 , pp. 51 - 62
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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