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The role of antioxidants in nutritional support

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Peter Fürst
Peter Fürst
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Institute for Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , November 1996 , pp. 945 - 961
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