They starved so that others be better fed: Remembering ancel keys and the Minnesota experiment

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1347-1352

  Kalm, Leah M ^a   Semba, Richard D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Experiment; History; Keys; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; APATHY; ETHICS; FATIGUE; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; LEG EDEMA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; STARVATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 20444403067     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.6.1347     Document Type: Review

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