Clinical Nutrition
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 255-260 , April 2010

Effects of powdered fertilized eggs on the stress response

  • Johannes Schult

      Affiliations

    • DAaCRO, Diagnostic Assessment and Clinical Research Organization, Science Park, D-54296 Trier, Germany
    • ,
  • Torsten Hero

      Affiliations

    • DAaCRO, Diagnostic Assessment and Clinical Research Organization, Science Park, D-54296 Trier, Germany
    • FPP, Center for Psychobiology and Psychosomatic Research, University of Trier, D-54290 Trier, Germany
    • ,
  • Juliane Hellhammer

      Affiliations

    • DAaCRO, Diagnostic Assessment and Clinical Research Organization, Science Park, D-54296 Trier, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. DAaCRO, Science Park, Max-Planck-Str. 22, D-54296 Trier, Germany. Tel.: +49 0 651 9120 494; fax: +49 0 651 9120 564.

Received 15 May 2009 ,Accepted 16 September 2009.

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PII: S0261-5614(09)00197-6

doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.09.004

Clinical Nutrition
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 255-260 , April 2010

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