Low-fat diets and weight change

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-95

  Dansinger, Michael L ^a   Schaefer, Ernst J ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 29944445100     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.1.94     Document Type: Editorial

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