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Nitrate toxicity: myth or reality?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Michael J. Hill
Affiliation:
Chairman, European Cancer Prevention OrganizationLady Sobell Gastrointestinal UnitWexham Park HospitalSloughBerksSL2 4HLUnited Kingdom
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

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