Vitamins in Human Biology and Medicine (1981)

It is the purpose of this book to try to offer a modern perspective on the importance of vitamins in human biology and medicine.

List of contents

Chapter 1
Laboratory Tests for the Assessment of Vitamin Nutritional Status
Chapter 2
Oral Contraceptives and Vitamin Status
Chapter 3
Vitamin Status of the Elderly
Chapter 4
Effects on Plasma Cholesterol of Nicotinic Acid and its Analogues
Chapter 5
Plasma Lipids and Vitamin C
Chapter 6
Thiamin and the Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Chapter 7
Megavitamin Therapy and the Central Nervous System
Chapter 8
Retinoic Acid in Dermatology
Chapter 9
Clinical Toxicology of Vitamins
Index

About the author

Michael H. Briggs is Professor of Human Biology at Deakin University , Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

Summary

It is the purpose of this book to try to offer a modern perspective on the importance of vitamins in human biology and medicine.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Briggs, Michael H Briggs
• Assisted by: Michael Briggs (Editor), Michael H Briggs (Editor), Michael H. Briggs (Editor), Briggs Michael (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2017
• EAN: 9781138550537
• ISBN: 978-1-138-55053-7
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: CRC Press Revivals; CRC Press Revivals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Nutrition, Dietetics & nutrition, Dietetics and nutrition