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Measuring nutriture

1953; Wiley; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Romeno

10.1002/ajpa.1330110220

1096-8644

Josef Brožek,

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American Journal of Physical AnthropologyVolume 11, Issue 2 p. 147-180 Article Measuring nutriture† Josef Brozek, Josef Brozek The Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, School of Public Health, University of MinnesotaSearch for more papers by this author Josef Brozek, Josef Brozek The Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, School of Public Health, University of MinnesotaSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1953 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330110220Citations: 22 † This paper was presented, in abbreviated form, as the opening address in a panel discussion organized as a part of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the AAPA, Philadelphia, December 28, 1952. The work was supported, in part, by research grant H-10(C5) from the National Heart Institute, of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, and by grants from the Williams-Waterman Fund, New York, and The Nutrition Foundation, Inc. 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