Lactose digestion in pregnant African-Americans

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 801-807

  Paige, David M ^a   Witter, Frank R ^b   Bronner, Yvonne L ^a,c   Kessler, Lisa A ^a   Perman, Jay A ^d,e   Paige, Tara R ^a,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Maryland Hospital for Children   (United States)

^f Underwood Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Lactose; Lactose digestion; Lactose maldigestion; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MILK; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BREATH TESTS; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346119154     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003489     Document Type: Article

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