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NOTICE:  The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The study summarized in this report was supported by funds from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, through Contract Nos. NO 1AM-0-2204 and NO1-I)K-8-2236.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication

National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on the Tenth Edition of the RDAs.
Recommended dietary allowances / Subcommittee on the Tenth Edition of the RDAs, Food and Nutrition Board, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.—10th rev. ed.
p.    cm.
Rev. ed. of: Recommended dietary allowances / Committee on Dietary Allowances, Food and Nutrition Board, Division of Biological Sciences, Assembly of Life Sciences. National Research Council, 9th rev. ed. 1980.
Supported by funds from the National Institute of Health, United States Public Health Service, contract no: NO1-DK-8-2236.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-309-04633-5, paperbound
ISBN 0-309-04041-8 (1989), hardbound with jacket
I. Nutrition. 2. Diet. I. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
II. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Dietary
Allowances. Recommended dietary allowances. III. Title.
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