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Adverse Effects of Foods

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As with all living organisms, human beings cannot survive without the chemicals needed to support their basic metabolism and their daily activity. Growing children and pregnant women obviously have higher nutrient requirements, as do breast feeding mothers.

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  1. Population, Family and International Health Division, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

    Derrick B. Jelliffe & E. F. Patrice Jelliffe

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Jelliffe, D.B., Jelliffe, E.F.P. (1982). Overview. In: Jelliffe, E.F.P., Jelliffe, D.B. (eds) Adverse Effects of Foods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3359-3_1

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