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1 online resource (xvii, 318 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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"These papers were prepared for a symposium held at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 16 to 19 June 1996, under the sponsorship of the Royal Society of Canada, in collaboration with the Centre for Human Nutrition, the University of Western Ontario." |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Keynote address. Evolution of nutrition research in Britain and other European countries / W. Philip T. James. Diet and cardiovascular disease. Perspectives from Eastern Europe / Sushma Palmer, Rudolf Poledne -- Diet and cardiovascular disease: the Nordic experience / Pirjo Pietinen -- Diet and cardiovascular disease: a South Pacific perspective / Jim Mann -- Pathogenic and protective nutritional factors in coronary heart disease / Sonja L. Connor, William E. Connor. Diet and selected health problems. Diet and hypertension / S. George Carruthers -- Role of diet in chronic renal disease progression / Bertram L. Kasiske -- Diet and obesity / Angelo Tremblay, Sylvie St-Pierre, Jean-Pierre Després -- Diet and diabetes / Thomas M.S. Wolever. Diet and health maintenance. Diet in relation to osteoporosis / Jonathan D. Adachi, Alexandra Papaioannou, George Ioannidis -- Nutrition in relation to alcohol use / Harold Kalant -- Role of diet in health maintenance throughout life / Ernst L. Wynder, Joshua E. Muscat -- Nutritional problems of the elderly / Guylaine Ferland. Diet and cancer. Dietary mutagens and carcinogens: heterocyclic amines / Keiji Wakabayashi / Nutrition in relation to stomach cancer and stroke mortality / Jozef Victor Joossens, Hugo Kesteloot -- Epidemiology of breast and colon cancers: old risk factors, new mechanisms? / Gail McKeown-Eyssen, M. Elisabeth Del Guidice -- Cancer: influences of fat and calories / David Kritchevsky. Priorities for nutrition research in Canada. Nutrition for health: an agenda for action / Heather Nielsen. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nutrition -- Congresses.
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Nutrition -- Congresses. |
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Diet in disease -- Congresses.
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Diet in disease. |
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Nutritionally induced diseases -- Congresses.
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Nutritionally induced diseases. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Carroll, K. K. (Kenneth Kitchener)
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Royal Society of Canada.
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University of Western Ontario. Centre for Human Nutrition.
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Nutrition and health |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Carroll, K. Current Perspectives on Nutrition and Health. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2014 9780773516984 |
| ISBN |
9780773567030 (electronic book) |
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0773567038 (electronic book) |
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0773517243 (paperback) |
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9780773517240 (paperback) |
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0773516980 (bound) |
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9780773516984 (bound) |
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