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Diarrhoea Among Denali Climbers: What a 2002 Outbreak Showed

Diarrhoea on Denali’s West Buttress route was most likely infectious and clustered within climbing parties. Human waste in the snow around busy camps was a plausible source, but illness showed no clear link to where clim...

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Diarrhoea Among Denali Climbers: What a 2002 Outbreak Showed

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How Much Can New Woodland Cut UK Emissions? What the Models Show

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Conservation Biology: Ecological Principles and Insularization

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Tradition, Modernity and Tourism in Swaziland: Social Effects

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PAN 19311600466 1931

Wild fruit diversity in Turkistan and the Caucasus as evidence for fruit-tree origins

Historical reference on wild fruit diversity and domestication in Turkistan and the Caucasus.

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Dietary Iron Deficiency, Hair Growth and the Question of Sheep Wool

Cunningham, I. J. (1932). Influence of dietary iron on hair and wool growth. NZ J Agric, 44, 335–337.

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Effect of Shipping, Freezing and Canning on Vitamin C in Peas

Fellers, C. R., & Stepat, W. (1935). Effect of shipping, freezing and canning on vitamin C content

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Behavioural Problems of Farm Animals: What the 1977 Review Covered

Marthe Kiley-Worthington’s 1977 book examined behavioural problems in farm animals through social conditions, housing, handling, reproduction, feeding and livestock management. It...

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Digest · Nutrition

Mainly fruit diet study: biochemical effects in 1971

A small 1971 experiment found no significant change in glucose tolerance during a nut-supplemented, mainly fruit diet. Fasting glucose, insulin, blood lipids and plasma proteins ch...

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Maclura tinctoria growth and reforestation guidelines

A field study of 296 planted Maclura tinctoria trees on 12 farms in Colombia found strong relationships between stem diameter, tree height and crown size, which the study authors u...

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