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Modelling human infant requirements for long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Stephen Cunnane
Stephen Cunnane
Affiliation:
Department of Nutritional SciencesUniversity of TorontoTorontoCanada M5S 3E2
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 82 , Issue 3 , September 1999 , pp. 163 - 164
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

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