Coronary artery disease : genes, drugs, and the agricultural connection /

Faergeman, Ole.

Coronary artery disease : genes, drugs, and the agricultural connection / Ole Faergeman. - 1st edition. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2003. - xiii, 182 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-169) and index.

Content
Introduction.
1. Coronary artery disease before 1920.
2. Coronary artery disease 1920-2000.
3. Coronary artery disease after 2000: Epidemiologic transitions.
4. The cholesterol controversy.
5. Food and coronary artery disease.
6. The agricultural connection.
7. Diversity, complexity and human disease.
8. Biotechnology and the marriage of university and industry.
9. Medicalization.
10. Managing medicine.
Conclusions.

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Coronary heart disease--Epidemiology.
Diet in disease.

WG 300 F148c 2003 / F148c 2003