Molecularization in nutritional science: a view from philosophy of science

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1385-1404

  Ströhle, Alexander ^a,b   Döring, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Molecular) nutritional science; Emergence; Mechanismic explanation; Reductionism; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GOALS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952197299     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201000078     Document Type: Article

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