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Protein Requirements of Older Individuals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

D. Joe Millward  and
Susan B. Roberts
D. Joe Millward
Affiliation:
Centre for Nutrition and Food Safety, School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH, UK
Susan B. Roberts
Affiliation:
The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 67 - 87
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1996

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