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Ecology of Food and Nutrition Volume 19, 1987 - Issue 3
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Health and growth of infants and young children in Huáscar, Perú

Guillermo Lopez de Romaña Instituto de Investigación Nutritional, Lima, Perú
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Kenneth H. Brown Divisions of Human Nutrition and Geographic Medicine, Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Robert E. Black Divisions of Human Nutrition and Geographic Medicine, Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Pages 213-229 | Received 29 Mar 1985, Accepted 05 Feb 1986, Published online: 31 Aug 2010

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