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The role of zinc and vitamin A deficiency in diarrhoeal syndromes in developing countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Andrew Tomkins ,
Ron Behrens  and
Swapan Roy
Andrew Tomkins
Affiliation:
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH
Ron Behrens
Affiliation:
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH
Swapan Roy
Affiliation:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, PO Box 128, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Type
Symposium on ‘Functional significance of micronutrient undernutrition’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 131 - 142
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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