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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Main Author: Langley-Evans, S. C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI , c2004
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 433 p.) : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:08519906202 (e-book)
0851998216
9780851990620 (e-book)
9780851998216