Human amino acid requirements: A re-evaluation

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-203

  Young, Vernon R ^a   El Khoury, Antoine E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0000901265     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482659601700303     Document Type: Review

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