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Science 13 December 1963:
Vol. 142. no. 3598, pp. 1466 - 1467
DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3598.1466
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Calcium: Unusual Sources in the Highland Peruvian Diet

Paul T. Baker 1 and Richard B. Mazess 1

1 Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

A dietary survey conducted in the southern highlands of Peru revealed two important sources of dietary calcium not previously reported. Mineral and ash calcium ingested as a food spice, and along with coca, raises the calcium intake from the low figures recorded by standard nutritional surveys to a more substantial level.


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