Evolving Human Nutrition: Implications for Public Health
- ISBN-10
- 0521869161
- ISBN-13
- 9780521869164
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 405
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-10-18
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Stanley J. Ulijaszek, Neil Mann, Sarah Elton
Description
Exploration of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives and its influence on health and disease, past and present.
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