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Production of Elemental Nitrogen by Certain Mammals including Man

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Experiments involving man and other mammals have shown that some food nitrogen can be converted to nitrogen gas. This gas is produced in quantities sufficient to balance the nitrogen equation.

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  1. Department of Medicine A, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, New York State Department of Health,

    GIOVANNI COSTA, LUDWIG ULLRICH, FERENC KANTOR & JAMES F. HOLLAND

  2. Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

    GIOVANNI COSTA, LUDWIG ULLRICH, FERENC KANTOR & JAMES F. HOLLAND

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COSTA, G., ULLRICH, L., KANTOR, F. et al. Production of Elemental Nitrogen by Certain Mammals including Man. Nature 218, 546–551 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218546a0

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