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Elevated acute-phase protein in stunted Nepali children reporting low morbidity: different rural and urban profiles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

C. Panter-Brick ,
P. G. Lunn ,
R. Baker  and
A. Todd
C. Panter-Brick*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3HN, UK
P. G. Lunn
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
R. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
A. Todd
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3HN, UK
*
*Corresponding author: Dr C. Panter-Brick, fax +44 (0) 191 3742870 email [email protected]
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Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 85 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 125 - 131
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