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Citations and ‘impact factor’ – the Holy Grail

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Paul Trayhurn
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK, [email protected]
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Abstract

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Editorial
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2002

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