Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 58, Issue 5 , Pages 787-793 , May 2008

Milk consumption and acne in teenaged boys

  • Clement A. Adebamowo, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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  • Donna Spiegelman, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Catherine S. Berkey, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • F. William Danby, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: F. William Danby, MD, 721 Chestnut St, Manchester, NH 03104-3002.
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  • Helaine H. Rockett, MS, RD

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Michelle D. Holmes, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

,Accepted 1 August 2007.

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 Supported by the Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center (DK 46200), a research grant (DK-46834) from the National Institutes of Health, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and the Kellogg Company.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

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PII: S0190-9622(07)02402-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.08.049

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 58, Issue 5 , Pages 787-793 , May 2008

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