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Nutrition-Environment Interactions in Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Michael E. Symonds  and
Lynne Clarke
Michael E. Symonds
Affiliation:
School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 228, Reading RG6 6AJ, United Kingdom
Lynne Clarke
Affiliation:
School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 228, Reading RG6 6AJ, United Kingdom
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 135 - 148
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