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Methodological considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

D. Joe Millward*
Affiliation:
Centre for Nutrition and Food Safety, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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Corresponding author: Professor Joe Millward, fax +44 1483 259297, email d.millward@surrey.ac.uk
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Workshop on ‘Protein and amino acid requirements and recommendations’
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2001

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