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Nutrition and prevention of Alzheimer's disease
| Nutrition and prevention of Alzheimer's disease |
| Autore | Claudia Perez-Cruz |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Frontiers Media SA, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (76 p.) |
| Collana | Frontiers Research Topics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Diet
biomarkers Aging diagnosis Cognition Minerals Functional Food Vitamins Dementia |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136794003321 |
Claudia Perez-Cruz
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| Frontiers Media SA, 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The vitamin A story [[electronic resource] ] : lifting the shadow of death / / Richard D. Semba
| The vitamin A story [[electronic resource] ] : lifting the shadow of death / / Richard D. Semba |
| Autore | Semba Richard D |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel ; ; New York, : Karger, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 613.2/86 |
| Collana |
World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
World review of nutrition and dietetics |
| Soggetto topico |
Vitamin A deficiency - History
Vitamin A - History History, 19th Century Night Blindness - history Vitamin A - therapeutic use |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Nutrition
Ophthalmology Biochemistry History of Medicine Pediatrics Public Health Vitamins |
| ISBN | 3-318-02189-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Glossary -- Chapter 1: Vitamin A Deficiency in Nineteenth Century Naval Medicine -- Night Blindness at Sea -- Night Blindness Linked to Other Diseases of Malnutrition -- Diagnosis and the Search for a Cause -- Something Missing from the Food -- Chapter 2: Paris in the Time of Françoise Magendie -- Different but Hardly Better -- Bad Gets Worse -- First Steps in the Science of Public Health -- D'Arcet's Gelatin for the Needy and the Dietary Nitrogen Studies of Magendie -- Chapter 3: Deprivation Provides a Laboratory -- A Defect in Alimentation -- Gains in Nutrition, Then a Disastrous Reversal -- Chapter 4: Free but Not Equal -- Race and Rank: Differences in Diet and Susceptibility -- Uneven Nutrition outside the Union Army -- Chapter 5: The Long, Rocky Road to Understanding Vitamins -- Moving Beyond Old Assumptions and Around New Certainties -- Connecting the "Accessory Factors" and the Vitamin Deficiency Diseases -- Finding an Elusive Panacea in Milk -- Obstructions, Chicanery, and Perseverance -- Lafayette Mendel's Far-Flung Progeny and His Legacy -- Chapter 6: Milk, Butter, and Early Steps in Human Trials -- The High Health Cost of a Booming Dairy Industry -- Milk Studies in Britain: Experiments in Experimentation -- Interference from Within and Without -- Lessons Learned -- Chapter 7: Rise of the "Anti-Infective Vitamin" -- Abating Childbed Fever: A Path with Forks and Obstacles -- A Gentle Warrior Confronts a Children's Predator -- A Vitamin's Short Stay at the Limelight -- Chapter 8: Vitamin A Deficiency in Europe's Former Colonies -- Dutch Initiative versus the Free Market -- Health in the Developing World Becomes a Multinational Concern -- Chapter 9: Saving the Children: Rescue Missions against Strong Undertow -- Ideals for a New Era -- The Best Laid Plans... -- Getting It Right and on the International Agenda -- External Obstructions -- Much Accomplished, More to Do -- More Vegetables and Fruit: Nice Idea, but... -- Appendix: Night Blindness Among Black Troops and White Troops in the US Civil War -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Sources -- Published Sources -- Subject Index -- Cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910353343103321 |
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Semba Richard D
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| Basel ; ; New York, : Karger, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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