Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 406-409 , December 2008

Fast food hamburgers: what are we really eating?

  • Brigid Prayson

      Affiliations

    • Laurel School, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
    • ,
  • James T. McMahon, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • ,
  • Richard A. Prayson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 216 444 8805; fax: +1 216 445 3707.

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PII: S1092-9134(08)00062-2

doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2008.06.002

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 406-409 , December 2008

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