Calorific restriction: Can we extrapolate from animals to humans?

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 743-746

  Thornton, R ^a  

^a Dibden Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary restriction; Extrapolation (animals to humans); Gene expression; Life expectancy; Vitamin E (tocopherol); Vitamin E isomers

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CARCINOGEN; VITAMIN;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OVERNUTRITION; REDUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036234620     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00017-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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