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‘Malnutrition, Learning and Behavior’: 25 years on from the MIT Symposium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

James L. Smart
James L. Smart
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Department of Child Health, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH
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Symposium on ‘Behavioural consequences of undernutrition’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 189 - 199
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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