Prevalence of self-reported lactose intolerance in a multiethnic sample of adults

Nutrition Today

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 222-227

  Nicklas, Theresa A ^a   Qu, Haiyan ^b   Hughes, Sheryl O ^a   Wagner, Sara E ^b   Foushee, H Russell ^b   Shewchuk, Richard M ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 76149121518     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NT.0b013e3181b9caa6     Document Type: Article

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