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Non-Haematological Aspects of Iron Nutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

D. D. Ramdath  and
M. H. N. Golden
D. D. Ramdath
Affiliation:
Wellcome Trace Element Research Group, Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
M. H. N. Golden
Affiliation:
Wellcome Trace Element Research Group, Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 29 - 49
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