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Socio-economic differentials in health: The role of nutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2008

George Davey Smith  and
Eric Brunner
George Davey Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Social Medicine, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR
Eric Brunner
Affiliation:
University College London Medical School, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 1–19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT
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Symposium on ‘Nutrition and poverty in industrialized countries’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 56 , Issue 1A , March 1997 , pp. 75 - 90
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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