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Reviews in Food and Nutrition Toxicity, Volume 2
CRC Press 2004; US$ 179.95This second volume reviews a broad range of topics such as contaminants in beer, ciguatera fish poisoning, bacterial toxins and pesticide toxicity, and includes a survey of contamination episodes. more...
Reviews in Food and Nutrition Toxicity, Volume 3
CRC Press 2005; US$ 165.95Preedy (nutrition and dietetics, King's College, London, UK) and Watson (health promotion sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health, US) present nine reviews of food and nutrition toxicity aimed at academic and industrial audiences. The reviews describe the toxic and pathological aspects of methyleugenol, methyl mercury, ura more...
Reviews in Food and Nutrition Toxicity, Volume 4
CRC Press 2005; US$ 165.95Preedy (nutrition and dietetics, King's College, London, UK) and Watson (health promotion sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health, US) present ten reviews of food and nutrition toxicity aimed at academic and industrial audiences. Individual substances discussed for their toxicological and pathological aspects include selen more...
Beer in Health and Disease Prevention
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 210.00Presenting both the concerns and problems of beer consumption as well as the emerging evidence of benefit, Beer in Health and Disease Prevention offers a balanced view of today?s findings and the potential of tomorrow?s research. From a beverage of warriors to a cheap and affordable commodity, beer has been a part of our consumption for nearly 8000... more...
Nutrition, Diet Therapy, and the Liver
CRC Press 2009; US$ 159.95Deals with the topic of nutrition and liver disease. This title provides a holistic understanding of the causative elements that precipitate liver disease, the nutritional factors and regimens that reverse deteriorating hepatic function, and the nutritional elements found in a wide range of liver diseases. more...
Diet and Nutrition in Palliative Care
CRC Press 2011; US$ 139.95Optimal terminal and palliative care requires consideration of the patient and family unit as well as cultural and religious sensitivities. The patient's well being in terms of mobility, anxiety, stress, social interaction, and pain control needs expert focus and attention. Furthermore, there is an increasing awareness that diet and nutritional... more...
Handbook of Anthropometry
Springer 2012; US$ 1,100.00Although its underlying concept is a relatively simple one--the measurement of the human body and its parts--anthropometry employs a myriad of methods and instruments, and is useful for a variety of purposes, from understanding the impact of disease on individuals to tracking changes in populations over time. The first interdisciplinary reference on... more...
Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease
Springer 2012; US$ 949.00Growth is one of the human body's most intricate processes: each body part or region has its own unique growth patterns. Yet at the individual and population levels, growth patterns are sensitive to adverse conditions, genetic predispositions, and environmental changes. And despite the body's capacity to compensate for these developmental setbacks,... more...
Tea in Health and Disease Prevention
Elsevier Science 2012; US$ 199.95While there have been many claims of the benefits of teas through the years, and while there is nearly universal agreement that drinking tea can benefit health, there is still a concern over whether the lab-generated results are representative of real-life benefit, what the risk of toxicity might be, and what the effective-level thresholds are for... more...
Handbook of hair in health and disease
Springer 2012; US$ 179.00Hair is a major component of the body's tissue system that contributes to the individual's make up and confers a large degree of personal identity. Apart from its visible façade, hair also has a functional role. It has an unique structure and complex molecular development. The very nature of hair makes it a suitable marker for the prognosis... more...









