Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human Diet: A Comparison of Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Substances

by National Research Council, Commission on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies

Book Overview

Despite increasing knowledge of human nutrition, the dietary contribution to cancer remains a troubling question. Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens assembles the best available information on the magnitude of potential cancer risk--and potential anticarcinogenic effect--from naturally occurring chemicals compared with risk from synthetic chemical constituents. The committee draws important conclusions about diet and cancer, including the carcinogenic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309053919
• ISBN13: 9780309053914
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"