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Antioxidant Nutrients in Pregnancy: a Systematic Review of the Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Fiona Mathews
Fiona Mathews
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Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Radcliffe Infirmary, University of Oxford, OX2 6HE, U.K.
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 175 - 195
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1996

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