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Multiple sclerosis in rural Norway its geographic and occupational incidence in relation to nutrition.
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The investigation of the distribution of cases of multiple sclerosis in Switzerland between the years 1918 and 1922 seems to have established that the frequency of this disease can vary greatly in different geographic locations.Abstract:
THE investigation of the distribution of cases of multiple sclerosis in Switzerland between the years 1918 and 1922 seems to have established that the frequency of this disease can vary greatly in different geographic locations.1 The subsequent studies by Gram2 in Denmark and more recent investigations in the United States3 , 4 leave little doubt that these variations may be real and not due to technical errors in diagnosis, methods of collecting the data and so forth. In another study, Swank5 has suggested the possibility that these variations are related directly to the amount (and possibly the nature) of the fat consumption. . . .read more
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The chemical constitution of natural fats.
TL;DR: In this article, a brief summary of the composition of the natural fats which come within the scope of a discussion upon the subject of triglyceride fats in human nutrition is given, by considering, first, typical compositions of human and other,mammalian fats (depot, liver and milk) and, subsequently, the compositions of the vegetable and marine animal fats which are most commonly utilized as sources of human dietary fat.
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Mortality from circulatory diseases in Norway 1940-1945.
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Changes in blood produced by a fat meal and by intravenous heparin.
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