Too much of a good thing? The problem of trace element fortification of foods

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 139-142

  Reilly, Conor ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0242709151     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-2244(96)20002-0     Document Type: Note

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