Racial bias in federal nutrition policy, part I: The public health implications of variations in lactase persistence

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-157

  Bertron, Patricia ^a   Barnard, Neal D ^a   Mills, Milton ^a  

^a PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Ethnicity; Lactose intolerance; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DAIRY PRODUCT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALCIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033087998     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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