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Vitamin-mineral supplements and intelligence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

David Benton
David Benton
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Department of Psychology, University College, Swansea SA2 8PP
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Symposium on ‘Nutrition and cognitive efficiency’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , December 1992 , pp. 295 - 302
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1992

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