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Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism: Stress versus Nonstress States
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Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism: Stress versus Nonstress States book
Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism: Stress versus Nonstress States
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Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism: Stress versus Nonstress States book
Edited ByGail A. Cresci PhD
Edition 2nd Edition
First Published 2015
Imprint CRC Press
Pages 20
eBook ISBN 9780429111822
ABSTRACT
Critical illness due to trauma, injury, or infections is a major health problem in industrialized society: some 8% of the population die each year as the result of injuries [1,2]. Since trauma affects young people disproportionately, it claims as many years of productive life as cardiovascular diseases and cancer combined [3].