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Mass spectrometric analysis of stable-isotope-labelled amino acid tracers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2018

Tom Preston
Affiliation:
Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride, Glasgow
Christine Slater
Affiliation:
Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride, Glasgow
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Abstract

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Type
Energy and Protein Metabolism Group Workshop on ‘Application of stable isotopes to nutritional metabolism’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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