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Self-Experimentation in Nutrition Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Elsie M. Widdowson
Elsie M. Widdowson
Affiliation:
Orchard House, Barrington, Cambridge CB2 5RA
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 1 - 17
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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