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Cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) in the Aetiology of Kwashiorkor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Beryl P. Kamalu
Beryl P. Kamalu
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Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 121 - 135
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