Medical implications of controlled fasting

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 260-263

  Fazel, Mina ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; RELIGION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031835821     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689809100505     Document Type: Short Survey

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