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The molecules within us : our body in health and disease /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pasternak, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum, [1998]
Subjects:
Biochemistry.
Molecular biology.
Medicine.
Human physiology.
Physiology.
Molecular Biology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The molecules of life
  • The healthy body: nutrition and metabolism
  • Causes of disease: genes and the environment
  • Microbial infections and the immune system
  • Stress: the mind-body relationship
  • Orthodox versus alternative medicine
  • Uncharted territory: the workings of the mind
  • Maturation, aging, and death
  • Epilogue.