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Brain, Behaviour, and Iron in the Infant Diet

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  1. Department of Child Health, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PT, Manchester, UK

    John Dobbing DSc, FRCP, FRCPath (Emeritus Professor of Child Growth and Development)

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    John Dobbing DSc, FRCP, FRCPath (Emeritus Professor of Child Growth and Development) (Emeritus Professor of Child Growth and Development)

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Dobbing, J. (1990). Commentary. In: Dobbing, J. (eds) Brain, Behaviour, and Iron in the Infant Diet. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1766-7_6

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