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Nutrition in old age: an update and questions for future research: Part 1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Anthea B Lehmann
Anthea B Lehmann*
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University of Nottingham Medical School, UK
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Anthea B Lehmann, Department of Elderly Medicine, West Wing, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , May 1991 , pp. 135 - 145
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