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Dietary macro- and micronutrient requirements of endurance athletes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Clyde Williams*
Affiliation:
Human Muscle Metabolism Research Group, John Hardie Building, Loghborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
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Corresponding author: CoProfessor C. Williams, fax +44(0) 1509 223970, email C.Williams@Iboro.ac.uk
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Symposium on ‘Nutritional aspects of exercise’
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998

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