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Natural killer cells, vitamins, and other blood components of vegetarian and omnivorous men

Margarete Malter German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Institute for Experimental Pathology and Institute for Epidemiology, Heidelberg, D‐6900, Federal Republic of Germany
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Gerlinde Schriever German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Institute for Experimental Pathology and Institute for Epidemiology, Heidelberg, D‐6900, Federal Republic of Germany
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Ursula Eilber German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Institute for Experimental Pathology and Institute for Epidemiology, Heidelberg, D‐6900, Federal Republic of Germany
Pages 271-278 | Received 30 Jun 1988, Accepted 21 Oct 1988, Published online: 04 Aug 2009

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