The unbearable heaviness of reductionism: the paradigm of the antiatherogenic diet
Reducing a complex phenomenon into a simplified description may help us to understand general issues and to make limited decisions, but can hardly allow us to accurately predict the consequences of an intervention. The case of the antiatherogenic diet is discussed. Simplified approaches, aimed at co...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2017-09-01
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Series: | Italian Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/869 |