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Clinical Handbook of Eating Disorders: An Integrated Approach (Medical Psychiatry, 26) |
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From the New England Journal of Medicine, February 10, 2005
Many young people and adults struggle with concerns about their body image and weight. According to the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a national poll of high-school students that assessed various types of risk-related behavior, 6 percent of teenagers had vomited or taken laxatives and 13 percent had fasted for 24 hours or more to control their weight during the previous month. Eating disorders have become more common in ... >> |
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology |
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From Book News, Inc.
A textbook for entomology courses in both medical and veterinary programs. The organization is taxonomic according to the insect and related arthropod groups involved. Some of the chapters address topics peculiar to one profession or the other, so instructors can tailor the course.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR
Marc J. Klowden, University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, February 2002
"...the text was excellent."
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Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine |
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From Book News, Inc.
Halliwell (medical biochemistry, King's College, London) and Gutteridge (pharmacology, King's College) direct their discussion primarily to biologists and clinicians, and assume virtually no knowledge of chemistry. Their goal is to lead readers gently into an understanding of what free radicals are, how they are generated, and how they can react. Then they evaluate the role of radical reactions in several biological systems. The first edition appeared in 1985, ... >> |
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