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Genetically determined lower bitter-taste sensitivity in Africans?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2007

Stefanie Sausenthaler
Affiliation:
GSF – National Research Centre for Environment and HealthInstitute of EpidemiologyIngolstaedter Landstraβe 185764 NeuherbergGermany
Yvonne Kohlhammer
Affiliation:
GSF – National Research Centre for Environment and HealthInstitute of EpidemiologyIngolstaedter Landstraβe 185764 NeuherbergGermany
Linda Schäffer
Affiliation:
GSF – National Research Centre for Environment and HealthInstitute of EpidemiologyIngolstaedter Landstraβe 185764 NeuherbergGermany
Joachim Heinrich
Affiliation:
GSF – National Research Centre for Environment and HealthInstitute of EpidemiologyIngolstaedter Landstraβe 185764 NeuherbergGermany
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Abstract

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Type
Letter to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2006

References

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