THE DIETARY FACTOR IN THE ETIOLOGY OF PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
Authors: John Martin Askey
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 September 1944THE DIETARY FACTOR IN THE ETIOLOGY OF PERNICIOUS ANEMIAJOHN MARTIN ASKEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOHN MARTIN ASKEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-3-402 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAddisonian pernicious anemia is known to develop in accordance with genetic, racial, climatic and geographic determinants. The hypothesis that the disease is of dietary origin has been advanced. If dietary deficiencies cause Addisonian pernicious anemia, they must explain the natural distribution and the natural history of the typical form of the disease.The Natural Distribution of the Disease. Pernicious anemia is geographically distributed. It is rare in Asia, common in Northern Europe, Canada and the Northern United States. 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