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Dietary fatty acids and lymphocyte functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2008

Philip C. Calder
Philip C. Calder*
Affiliation:
Institute of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK
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Corresponding author: Dr P. C. Calder, fax +44 (0)1703 594383, email pcc@soton.ac.uk
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Symposium on ‘Lipids an the immune systems’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , November 1998 , pp. 487 - 502
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