Kenneth J Carpenter, Beriberi, white rice, and vitamin B: a disease, a cause, and a cure, Berkeley and London, University of California Press, 2000, pp. xiv, 282, illus., £27.95, US$40.00 (hardback 0-520-22053).

Sanjoy Bhattacharya

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Kenneth J Carpenter, Beriberi, white rice, and vitamin B: a disease, a cause, and a cure, Berkeley and London, University of California Press, 2000, pp. xiv, 282, illus., £27.95, US$40.00 (hardback 0-520-22053).

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Information: Medical History , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , July 2002 , pp. 432 - 433

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Kenneth J Carpenter, Beriberi, white rice, and vitamin B: a disease, a cause, and a cure, Berkeley and London, University of California Press, 2000, pp. xiv, 282, illus., £27.95, US$40.00 (hardback 0-520-22053).

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