Effectiveness of food fortification in the United States: The case of Pellagra

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 727-738

  Park, Youngmee K ^a   Sempos, Christopher T ^b   Barton, Curtis N ^a   Vanderveen, John E ^a   Yetley, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LAW; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PELLAGRA; PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034016606     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.5.727     Document Type: Article

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