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Symposium on ‘Taste, flavour and palatability’ Taste and flavour perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2008

Margaret P. Woods*
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Consumer Studies, Queen Margaret College, Clerwood Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 8TS, UK
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*Corresponding author: Dr Margaret P. Woods, fax +44 (0)131 317 3256, email m.woods@mail.qmed.ac.uk
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