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Salvage of urea-nitrogen and protein requirements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Alan A. Jackson
Alan A. Jackson
Affiliation:
Institute of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX
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Symposium on ‘Nitrogen transactions in the gut’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , July 1995 , pp. 535 - 547
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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