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  1. Abteilung Humangenetik, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany

    Gebhard Flatz

  2. Universitäts-Kinderklinik Bonn, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans Werner Rotthauwe

  3. Department of Geography, University of California, Davis, California

    Frederick J. Simoons PhD

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Flatz, G., Rotthauwe, H.W. & Simoons, F.J. Geography and lactose malabsorption. Digest Dis Sci 24, 492–494 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01299836

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