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Symposium 1 Newer aspects of micronutrients in chronic disease

β-Carotene, are we misreading the signals in risk groups? Some analogies with vitamin C

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

David I. Thurnham
David I. Thurnham
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Human Nutrition Research Group, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , November 1994 , pp. 557 - 569
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