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An International Journal of Nutrition

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British Journal of Nutrition
ISSN: 0007-1145

EISSN: 1475-2662

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Volume 13 - February 1959

Research Article

The amino-acid composition of three mixed diets

The mode of action of dietary carbohydrate on protein metabolism

Growth response to dietary penicillin of germ-free chicks and of chicks with a defined intestinal flora

The effects of continuous administration of penicillin to successive generations of chicks

The dietary intake and activities of an Alaskan mountaineering expedition

The composition of tissue lost through reduction of diet in obese patients

The metabolism of nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus in undernourished children: 5.* The effect of partial or complete replacement of rice in poor vegetarian diets by ragi (Eleusine coracana) on the metabolism of nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus

Distribution of chromium sesquioxide and polyethyleneglycol in the reticulo-rumen of cattle

The effect of white scours on the sodium and potassium concentration in the serum of newborn calves

Electrophoretic pattern of plasma proteins in clinically diagnosed cases of kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition) and undernutrition (marasmus) among Ceylonese children

Cod-liver oil as both source and antagonist of vitamin E

The effect on chick growth of inactivated penicillin, mineral sulphates or furazolidone supplements

The metabolism in sheep of the alkaline earth products of fission: The absorption and excretion of 45Ca and 89Sr by Blackface wethers

A ballistic bomb calorimeter

Serum-cholesterol levels and atherosclerosis: effects of composition of diet and tri-iodothyronine on the rat

The conversion of 11-cis into all-trans vitamin A in the rat

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BJN volume 13 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

BJN volume 13 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

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The availability to pigs of nicotinic acid in tortilla baked from maize treated with lime-water

Diet in pregnancy: 3.* Diet in relation to the course and outcome of pregnancy

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Volume 13 - February 1959

Research Article

The metabolism of nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus in undernourished children: 5.* The effect of partial or complete replacement of rice in poor vegetarian diets by ragi (Eleusine coracana) on the metabolism of nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus

Front matter

Research Article

Diet in pregnancy: 3.* Diet in relation to the course and outcome of pregnancy