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Eijkman

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Eijkman (Dutch) [ˈɛikmɑn]
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(Biographies / Eijkman, Christiaan (1858-1930) M, Dutch, MEDICINE: physician) Christiaan (ˈkriːstiːˌaːn). 1858-1930, Dutch physician, who discovered that beriberi is caused by nutritional deficiency: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1929
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Noun1.Eijkman - Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930)


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Eijkman was in Indonesia to conduct research on the beriberi disease.
Required tests from the Health Research and Development Agency and the independent Eijkman Foundation showed the man from Indragiri Hulu Regency in Riau Province died Tuesday from the virus.
Gorter, Eijkman, and Hoogstraten found that Dutch dentists who attended a career counseling program that focused on cognitive and behavioral techniques reported less emotional exhaustion and greater personal accomplishments than did the dentists who did not attend the individual and group counseling sessions.
 
 
 
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