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Measuring Dietary Exposure in Nutritional Epidemiological Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Barrie M. Margetts
Affiliation:
Wessex Institute of Public Health Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
Michael Nelson
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Kings College, University of London
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