Human nutrition and food research: opportunities and challenges in the post-genomic era.

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Published in Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci on October 29, 2003

Authors

Susan J Fairweather-Tait1

Author Affiliations

1: Nutrition Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK. sue.fairweather-tait@bbsrc.ac.uk

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