The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 161-162 , March 2007

Introductory comments: nutrition, environmental toxins and implications in prevention and intervention of human diseases

  • Bernhard Hennig

      Affiliations

    • Molecular and Cell Nutrition Laboratory, College of Agriculture and Graduate Centers for Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Lindell Ormsbee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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  • Leonidas Bachas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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  • Allen Silverstone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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  • John Milner

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Prevention, NCI/NIH, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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  • David Carpenter

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, SUNY, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
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  • Claudia Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Risk and Integrated Sciences, NIEHS/NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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  • William A. Suk

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Risk and Integrated Sciences, NIEHS/NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

Received 13 December 2006 ,Accepted 13 December 2006.

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  5. Hennig B, Reiterer G, Majkova Z, Oesterling E, Meerarani P, Toborek M. Modification of environmental toxicity by nutrients: implications in atherosclerosis. Cardiovasc Toxicol. 2005;5(2):153–160

PII: S0955-2863(06)00272-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2006.12.004

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 161-162 , March 2007

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