Health issues relating to monosodium glutamate use in the diet

Reducing Salt in Foods: Practical Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 55-76

  Fernstrom, J D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1533/9781845693046.1.55     Document Type: Chapter

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