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. 1939 Oct;33(10):1660–1680.1. doi: 10.1042/bj0331660

Phytic acid and the rickets-producing action of cereals

Douglas Creese Harrison 1, Edward Mellanby 1
PMCID: PMC1264631  PMID: 16747083

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