Author Jennings, Eileen.

Title Apricots and oncogenes : on vegetables and cancer prevention / Eileen Jennings.

Imprint Cleveland, Ohio : McGuire & Beckley Books, c1993.
Location Call Number Status
 Monograph Collection  RC271.D52 J46 1993  AVAILABLE
Description 309 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-300) and index.
Contents Vitamin A in the news -- The Hunza River Valley -- The Hawthorne Works -- Study after study -- Significance of the studies -- The discovery of Vitamin A -- Night blindness and other ills -- Metabolism and toxicity of Vitamin A -- RDA and Vitamin A-how to measure? -- The folic acid connection -- Five servings a day -- Do we eat enough vegetables? -- Another deficiency disease -- Clinical trials.
Subject(s) Cancer -- Diet therapy.
Vegetarianism.
Related Title On vegetables and cancer prevention.
Vegetables and cancer prevention.