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Calcium in Human Health
. Ed(S): Weaver, Connie M.; Heaney, Robert P.
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Description for Calcium in Human Health
Hardback. Summarizes basic scientific information on the cellular and metabolic functions of calcium, explaining the leading techniques for accurately measuring its bioavailability, absorption, and kinetics. This book discusses specific roles of calcium in a variety of clinical disorders - osteoporosis, oral health, obesity, and reproductive disorders. Editor(s): Weaver, Connie M.; Heaney, Robert P. Series: Nutrition and Health. Num Pages: 472 pages, 89 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1189.
The Nutrition and Health Series of books have had great success because each volume has the consistent overriding mission of providing health professionals with texts that are essential because each includes (1) a synthesis of the state of the science; (2) timely, in-depth reviews by the leading researchers in their respective fields; (3) extensive, - to-date fully annotated reference lists; (4) a detailed index; (5) relevant tables and figures; (6) identification of paradigm shifts and the consequences; (7) virtually no overlap of information between chapters, but targeted, interchapter referrals; (8) suggestions of areas for future research; and (9) balanced, data-driven ... Read more
The Nutrition and Health Series of books have had great success because each volume has the consistent overriding mission of providing health professionals with texts that are essential because each includes (1) a synthesis of the state of the science; (2) timely, in-depth reviews by the leading researchers in their respective fields; (3) extensive, - to-date fully annotated reference lists; (4) a detailed index; (5) relevant tables and figures; (6) identification of paradigm shifts and the consequences; (7) virtually no overlap of information between chapters, but targeted, interchapter referrals; (8) suggestions of areas for future research; and (9) balanced, data-driven ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Series
Nutrition and Health
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781588294524
SKU
V9781588294524
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Calcium in Human Health
From the reviews: "This volume, part of the Series Nutrition and Health, reviews in 28 chapters divided into 6 sections, the latest scientific information on the cellular and metabolic functions and need of calcium. … Each chapter has references … . A well organized, easy readable text of great actual interest." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. ... Read more