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Observations on nutritional marasmus in a newly rich nation

D. Mamarbachi Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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P. L. Pellett Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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H. M. Basha Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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F. Djani Pediatric Hospital Tripoli, Socialist Popular Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Libya
Pages 43-53 | Received 08 Mar 1979, Accepted 11 May 1979, Published online: 31 Aug 2010

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