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Vitamin A and Immune Function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Clive E. West ,
Jan H. W. M. Rombout ,
Akke J. Van Der Zijpp  and
S. Reinder Sijtsma
Clive E. West
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutriton
Jan H. W. M. Rombout
Affiliation:
Deparrtment of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology
Akke J. Van Der Zijpp
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
S. Reinder Sijtsma
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutriton Deparrtment of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology Department of Animal Husbandry, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Symposium on ‘Micronutrients and the immune response’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , August 1991 , pp. 251 - 262
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The Nutrition Society

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