Lactose malabsorption and nutrition

Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics in Gastroenterology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 202-209

  Gerbault, Pascale ^a   Liebert, Anke ^a   Swallow, Dallas M ^a   Thomas, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary strategies; Lactase persistence (LP); Lactose malabsorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926457275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118872796.ch3.15     Document Type: Chapter

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