Nitrogen balance and dN: why you’re not what you eat during nutritional stress
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Benjamin T. Fuller*, James L. Fuller, Nancy E. Sage, David A. Harris, Tamsin C. O’Connell and Robert E. M. Hedges Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ, UK Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital, 11815 Education Street, Auburn, CA 95602, USA Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK
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