Nutrition and health from womb to tomb

Nutrition Today

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 55-67

  Scrimshaw, Nevin S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79953251896     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00017285-199603000-00004     Document Type: Article

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