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The thymus: a barometer of malnutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Andrew M. Prentice
Andrew M. Prentice
Affiliation:
MRC International Nutrition Group, Public Health Nutrition Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 49-51 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, United Kingdom
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 81 , Issue 5 , May 1999 , pp. 345 - 347
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

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