The Many Faces of Health, Competence and Well-Being in Old Age
Edited by HERMANN BRENNER HEIDRUN MOLLENKOPF DIETRICH ROTHENBACHER CHRISTOPH ROTT 2006 Integrating Epidemiological, Psychological and Social Perspectives
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The Handbook of Contraception
Edited by Donna Shoupe Siri L. Kjos 2006 A Guide for Practical Management With so many contraceptive options currently available, and such a broad scope of issues to address, matching a patient to her best contraceptive method is more challenging today than it has ever been. To address this challenge, The Handbook of Contraception: A Guide for Practical […]
Continue reading →The Epidemiology of Alimentary Diseases
By JOHN M. DUGGAN ANNE E. DUGGAN 2006 In offering this book to what we hope will be interested readers, we have several aspirations. We have aspired to present to students and clinicians a rather narrow view of epidemiology concentrating on the causal factors and setting of the more usual gastroenterological problems and giving greater […]
Continue reading →THE DIABETIC KIDNEY
Edited by PEDRO CORTES CARL ERIK MOGENSEN 2006 Renal abnormalities in diabetes were first recorded in the 19th century, where French and German clinicians described the renal hypertrophy and proteinuria in diabetes. A breakthrough in the understanding of the diabetic renal disease came with Kimmelstiel and Wilson’s description of glomerular lesions and diabetes in 1936.
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Edited by ARISTIDIS VEVES JOHN M. GIURINI FRANK W. LOGERFO 2006 It has been more than 4 years since the first edition of The Diabetic Foot was published. Over this period of time, it has become absolutely clear that diabetes is becoming a pandemic that challenges the health care resources of all societies, from the developing ones to […]
Continue reading →THE ARTERIAL CHEMORECEPTORS
Edited by Yoshiaki Hayashida Constancio Gonzalez Hisatake Kondo 2006 This book contains the Proceedings of XVI ISAC Meeting held at Miyagi Zao Royal Hotel in the suburb of Sendai, Japan, from May 9 to 12, 2005. Hisatake Kondo counted with a group of colleague co-organizers from different Japanese institutions, including Yoshiaki Hayashida from Osaka, Katsuaki Yoshizaki from Akita, Yoko Kameda […]
Continue reading →The Air Spora
Maureen E. Lacey and Jonathan S. West 2006 A manual for catching and identifying airborne biological particles The Air Spora has been studied under this name for over fifty years, providing important scientific advancements particularly in understanding the dispersal, distribution and impact of human, animal and plant pathogens and allergens. One of the most important methods used in studying […]
Continue reading →Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy
S. H. Levitt · J. A. Purdy · C. A. Perez S. Vijayakumar (Eds.) 2006 Practical Clinical Applications This is the 4th edition of a book which was originally initiated as a supplement to a postgraduate refresher course in radiation oncology held at the University of Minnesota. This program was instituted in 1970 and ended 25 years […]
Continue reading →Surface Plasmon Resonance Based Sensors
Series Editor: O. S.Wolfbeis 2006 Methods and Applications Over the last two decades, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors have attracted a great deal of attention. A myriad of research reports have appeared describing advancements in SPR sensor technology and its applications.
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Alexander Battler and Jonathan Leor 2006 Frontiers in Regenerative Medicine The human body has limited potential to rejuvenate injured organs and tissues. An old dream of scientists and physicians is to be able to rebuild “spare parts” to replace injured or diseased tissues—a notion that was once referred to as the field of science fiction. The new discipline […]
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