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Vitamin A, Immunity and Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Andrew Tomkins  and
Gregory Hussey
Andrew Tomkins
Affiliation:
Clinical Nutrition Unit, Centre for Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
Gregory Hussey
Affiliation:
Clinical Nutrition Unit, Centre for Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 17 - 28
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1989

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