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Polyamines in human health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2007

Heather M. Wallace
Heather M. Wallace
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Department of Medicine & Therapeutics and Biomedical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB9 2ZD
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Symposium on ‘Physiologically-Active Substances in Plant Foods’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 55 , Issue 1B , March 1996 , pp. 419 - 431
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1996

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