The metabolic ghetto : an evolutionary perspective on nutrition, power relations, and chronic disease / Jonathan C.K. Wells, UCL Institute of Child Health, London.
Wells, Jonathan C. K., author.
2019
RC108 .W375 2019 (Mapit)
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Title The metabolic ghetto : an evolutionary perspective on nutrition, power relations, and chronic disease / Jonathan C.K. Wells, UCL Institute of Child Health, London.
Author Wells, Jonathan C. K., author.
ISBN 9781108737579 (paperback)
1108737579 (paperback)
Imprint Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Language English
Description xii, 611 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number RC108 .W375 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.044
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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