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MCGILLIVRAY1 has suggested that lactose intolerance in Asians is limited to “selected groups of adult students in unfamiliar surroundings” (studying abroad) and that it is “a rare condition which must be seen against the background of malnutrition”.
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FLATZ, G., SAENGUDOM, C. & SANGUANBHOKHAI, T. Lactose Intolerance in Thailand. Nature 221, 758–759 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221758b0
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