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Commentary

Commentary: Joint FAO/WHO expert consultation on protein quality evaluation Bethesda, MD, USA, 4–8 December 1989

Peter L. Pellett Department of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003
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Vernon R. Young School of Science and Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139; Shriners Burns Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
Pages 297-303 | Accepted 25 Apr 1990, Published online: 31 Aug 2010

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