Invited editorial: The importance of dairy foods in helping impoverished people in the United States

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4917-4923

  Palacios, O M ^a   Nicholls, J ^a   Green, R ^b   Miller, G D ^a  

^a National Dairy Council   (United States)

^b McLeod Watkinson and Miller   (United States)

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EID: 41449098130     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0660     Document Type: Editorial

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