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Effects of school-milk intervention on growth and bone mineral accretion in Chinese girls aged 10–12 years: accounting for cluster randomisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2007

Xueqin Du
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Kun Zhu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Angelika Trube
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
David R. Fraser
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Heather Greenfield
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Qian Zhang
Affiliation:
Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
Guansheng Ma
Affiliation:
Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
Xiaoqi Hu
Affiliation:
Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2005

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