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Introduction: Why (Another) Book on Vitamin E?

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  1. Institute of Nutritional Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

    Peter Weber & Jan Frank

  2. University of Applied Sciences Fulda, Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, Fulda, Germany

    Marc Birringer

  3. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA

    Jeffrey B. Blumberg

  4. University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplain 1, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Manfred Eggersdorfer

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  3. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA

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    Manfred Eggersdorfer

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Weber, P., Birringer, M., Blumberg, J.B., Eggersdorfer, M., Frank, J. (2019). Introduction: Why (Another) Book on Vitamin E?. In: Weber, P., Birringer, M., Blumberg, J., Eggersdorfer, M., Frank, J. (eds) Vitamin E in Human Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05315-4_1

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