‘Axes to grind’: Popularising the science of vitamins, 1920s and 1930s

Food, Science, Policy and Regulation in the Twentieth Century: International and Comparative Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 83-100

  Kamminga, Harmke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203350416-13     Document Type: Chapter

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