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Original Articles

Rural‐urban variation in the calcium, iron, zinc and copper content of tortillas and intake of these minerals from tortillas by women in Guatemala

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Pages 289-297 | Received 03 Jul 1991, Accepted 13 Mar 1992, Published online: 31 Aug 2010

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