Author reply: Nutrition science mustn't accept a lower level of evidence

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 415-416

  Heaney, Robert P ^a   Blumberg, Jeffrey ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIETARY INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LETTER; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EID: 79960057554     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00405.x     Document Type: Letter

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