Human nutrition at high altitude

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 195-202

  Singh, Som Nath ^a   Sridharan, K ^a   Selvamurthy, W ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 44049091970     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.1999.tb00909.x     Document Type: Article

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