Beyond Deficiency: New Views on the Function and Health Benefits of Vitamins: v. 669 (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) - Hardcover
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This work on the role of vitamins in human health and nutrition presents research on their many important non-coenzyme functions such as antioxidant activity and hormone-like and regulatory roles. It discusses the effect of genetic and environmental factors on requirements for vitamins as well as tissue-specific variations in requirements. The book also presents recent nutritional epidemiology research indicating that risk of many chronic diseases is lower in populations consuming foods high in certain vitamins. This volume should interest those in the field of nutrition, medicine, biochemistry, dietetics, pharmacology and physiology.
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Beyond Deficiency New Views on the Function and Health Effects of Vitamins Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Volume 669 September 30 1992
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The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0897667492
ISBN 13: 9780897667494
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. From an academic library with the usual stamps and labels. Apart from the library provenance a clean tight copy. This volume is the result of a conference entitled Beyond Deficience New Views on the Function and Health Effects of Vitamins held in Arlington Virginia on February 9-12 1992 by the New York Academy of Sciences. A00001530. Seller Inventory # A00001530