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Vol. 150 No. 1920 (2020)

Individualised nutritional support in medical inpatients – a practical guideline

  • Peter E. Ballmer
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20245
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20245
Published
06.05.2020

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