Effect of moderate maternal malnutrition on the levels of alkaline ribonuclease activity in the human placentaFootnote†

This research is part of a collaborative study of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala, and the Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.

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