Antioxidants - the case for fruit and vegetables in the diet

British Food Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 35-40

  Rice Evans, Catherine ^a   Miller, Nicholas J ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0004831112     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070709510100163     Document Type: Review

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