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Diabetes : the biography /
Diabetes is a disease with a fascinating history and one that has been growing dramatically with urbanization. According to the World Health Authority, it now affects 4.6% of adults over 20, reaching 30% in the over 35s in some populations. It is one of the most serious and widespread diseases today...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The pissing evil : defining the disease
- Unravelling the role of the pancreas
- Insulin : a force of magical activity
- The dark ages
- Treating long-term complications
- Adult-onset diabetes and tablets at last
- At the laboratory bench
- The pharmaceutical era
- Diabetes becomes epidemic.