Beriberi, white rice, and vitamin B : a disease, a cause, and a cure /

In this comprehensive account of the history and treatment of beriberi, Kenneth Carpenter traces the decades of medical and chemical research that solved the puzzle posed by this mysterious disease. Caused by the lack of a minute quantity of the chemical thiamin, or vitamin B1 in the diet, beriberi...

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Autor principal: Carpenter, Kenneth J. (Kenneth John), 1923-2016
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press ©2000.
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8441750