American physician and epidemiologist, who was responsible for identifying the link between dietary deficiency and pellagra.
Keywords: pellagra; tryptophan; niacin; deficiency disease; epidemiology
Goldberger, Joseph
Helen J Power, Shadingfield, Suffolk, UK
Published online: May 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003589
| Further Reading | |
| book Carpenter KJ (ed.) (1991) Pellagra. Stroudsburg, PA: Hutchinson Ross. | |
| ePath http://history.nih.gov/exhibits/goldberger | |
| book Kraut AM (2003) Goldberger's War: The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader. New York: Hill and Wang. | |
| book Roe DA (1973) A Plague of Corn: The Social History of Pellagra. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. | |
| book Terris M (ed.) (1965) Goldberger on Pellagra. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. | |
