Fetal nutrition and adult disease [ programming of chronic disease through fetal exposure to undernutrition
"This book, which brings together the perspectives of leading researchers from Europe, the USA and Australasia, provides the reader with a detailed account of the evidence for and against the nutritional programming of human disease, and considers the biological basis of programming. The book a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI ,
c2004
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| Series: | Frontiers in nutritional science
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| Summary: | "This book, which brings together the perspectives of leading researchers from Europe, the USA and Australasia, provides the reader with a detailed account of the evidence for and against the nutritional programming of human disease, and considers the biological basis of programming. The book addresses a topic of great current interest and consists of three sections: programming the fetus; programming human disease; and the biological basis of nutritional programming. The book has been written for advanced students and researchers in human nutrition."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 433 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 08519906202 (e-book) 0851998216 9780851990620 (e-book) 9780851998216 |