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| Material Type: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Frances Rachel Frankenburg |
| ISBN: | 9780313354755 0313354758 9780313354762 0313354766 |
| OCLC Number: | 317249479 |
| Description: | xiii, 143 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Rats that don't grow and have sore eyes : vitamin A (retinol), the anti-night blindness vitamin -- Soldiers in pain and staggering chickens : vitamin B1 (thiamine), the anti-beriberi vitamin -- Dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, death : vitamin B3 (niacin), the anti-pellagra vitamin -- Deadly anemia, sludge, and the Nobel prize for a woman : vitamins B9 (folate) and B12 (cobalamin), the two anti-anemia vitamins -- Sailors, scurvy, the guinea pig, and the Nobel prize : vitamin C (ascorbic acid), the anti-scurvy vitamin -- Soft bones, lack of light, and the "sunshine hormone" : vitamin D (calcitriol), the anti-rickets vitamin -- Can you have too much of a good thing? : toxicity from vitamins -- Conclusion : victories, but lingering concerns. |
| Series Title: | Praeger series on contemporary health and living. |
| Responsibility: | Frances Rachel Frankenburg. |
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