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Joseph Maslar, MD

Coauthor:

Lance W Kreplick, MD, MMM

Medical Editor:

John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

John P. Cunha, DO, is a U.S. board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Cunha's educational background includes a BS in Biology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and a DO from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, MO. He completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey.

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Author: Joseph Maslar, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center.

Coauthor(s): Lance W Kreplick, MD, MMM, Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Regional Medical Center - Bayonet Point.

Editor: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

REFERENCES: MedscapeReference.com. Lactose Intolerance.

Previous contributing editors: Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James S Cohen, MD, Consulting Staff, James Cohen, PC.

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