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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778681603321

Titolo

Diet, nutrition, and cancer / / Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer, Assembly of Life Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1982

ISBN

1-280-24619-7

9786610246199

0-309-56792-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xii, 478 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.99/4071

Soggetti

Cancer - Nutritional aspects

Food habits

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on a review of the scientific evidence, this book provides the assessment yet of the relationship between dietary and nutritional factors and the incidence of cancer. It presents dietary guidelines that are likely to reduce the risk of cancer as well as ensure good nutrition.