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Fuel utilization by cells of the immune system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Philip C. Calder
Philip C. Calder
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Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 65 - 82
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