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Taste and appetite regulation in the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2008

Marion M. Hetherington
Marion M. Hetherington*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee DD14HN, UK
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Corresponding author: Dr Marion Hetherington fax +44(0)1382 229993, email m.m.hetherington@dundee.ac.uk
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , November 1998 , pp. 625 - 631
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