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Nutrition in old age: an update and questions for future research: Part 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Anthea B Lehmann*
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham Medical School, UK
*
Anthea B Lehmann, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, West Wing, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK.

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Clinical geriatrics
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