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Functional food properties of non-digestable oligosaccharides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Robert A. Goodlad
Affiliation:
Principal Scientific Officer Imperial Cancer ResearchFund and Senior LecturerImperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineDuCane RoadLondon W12 0NNUnited Kingdom
Harpreet Wasan
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology Imperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineDuCane Road, London W12 0NNUnited Kingdom
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Abstract

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Type
Nutrition Discussion Forum
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

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