| Principles of Nutritional Assessment Contributor(s): Gibson, Rosalind S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195171691 ISBN-13: 9780195171693 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $175.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2005 Annotation: This is a comprehensive text on the methods - dietary, anthropometric, laboratory and clinical - of assessing the nutritional status of populations and of individuals in the hospital or the community. This Second Edition incorporates recent data from national nutritional surveys in the US and Europe; the flood of new information about iron, vitamin A and iodine; the role of folate in preventing neural tube defects; the use of HPLC techniques and enzyme assays; improvements in data handling; and many other developments. A paperback edition of this book is available to readers living outside of North America and Europe. Interested parties should contact the author at: rsgibson@nutrition.earthlight.co.nz http: //nutrition.earthlight.co.nz |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Nutrition - Medical | Health Risk Assessment |
| Dewey: 613.2 |
| LCCN: 2004054778 |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 10.18" W x 7.06" (3.80 lbs) 928 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a comprehensive text on the methods - dietary, anthropometric, laboratory and clinical - of assessing the nutritional status of populations and of individuals in the hospital or the community. This Second Edition incorporates recent data from national nutritional surveys in the US and Europe; the flood of new information about iron, vitamin A and iodine; the role of folate in preventing neural tube defects; the use of HPLC techniques and enzyme assays; improvements in data handling; and many other developments. A paperback edition of this book is available to readers living outside of North America and Europe. Interested parties should contact the author at: rsgibson@nutrition.earthlight.co.nz http: //nutrition.earthlight.co.nz |