This study was published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology 1988;41:759-762
Study title and authors:
Vegetarian diet and cobalamin deficiency: their association with tuberculosis.
I Chanarin, E Stephenson
This study can be accessed at: http://jcp.bmj.com/content/41/7/759.abstract
This study investigated the association of vegetarianism with tuberculosis. The study included 1,187 subjects.
The study revealed that vegetarians had a 177% increased risk of contracting tuberculosis than people on a mixed diet.
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