Geophagia: why do humans consume soil?
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Nutrition Bulletin
- Vol. 25 (2), 141-144
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1467-3010.2000.00032.x
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