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Nutrition, immunity and the fetal and infant origins of disease hypothesis in developing countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2007

Sophie E. Moore
Sophie E. Moore*
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2DH, UK and Keneba, The Gambia
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , May 1998 , pp. 241 - 247
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