Health effects and prevalence of vegetarianism.

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Published in West J Med on May 01, 1994

Authors

R White1, E Frank

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3219.

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