Estimated Healthcare Savings Associated With Adequate Dairy Food Intake

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-97

  McCarron, David A ^a,c   Heaney, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Academic Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost savings; Dairy foods; Dietary calcium; Economics; Healthcare costs

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM INTAKE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DAIRY PRODUCT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347320485     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2003.08.008     Document Type: Review

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