Linkages between trace elements in food crops and human health

Micronutrient Deficiencies in Global Crop Production

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 287-309

  Welch, Ross M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6860-7_12     Document Type: Chapter

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