Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 90, Issue 11 , Pages 4917-4923 , November 2007

Invited Editorial: The Importance of Dairy Foods in Helping Impoverished People in the United States1

  • O.M. Palacios

      Affiliations

    • National Dairy Council, Nutrition and Scientific Affairs, Rosemont, IL 60018-5616
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • J. Nicholls

      Affiliations

    • National Dairy Council, Nutrition and Scientific Affairs, Rosemont, IL 60018-5616
    • ,
  • R. Green

      Affiliations

    • McLeod, Watkinson and Miller, Washington, DC 20001
    • ,
  • G.D. Miller

      Affiliations

    • National Dairy Council, Nutrition and Scientific Affairs, Rosemont, IL 60018-5616

Received 31 August 2007 ,Accepted 10 September 2007.

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PII: S0022-0302(07)71958-6

doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0660

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 90, Issue 11 , Pages 4917-4923 , November 2007

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