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Adolescence: A Very Short Introduction

Peter K Smith

Print Publication Year:: May 2016

Published Online:: May 2016

eISBN:: 9780191785245

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199665563.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199665563

Adolescence is a turbulent period to live through. Marking the transition from the world of childhood to adult life, the adolescent faces many challenges and opportunities, including ... More

Anaesthesia: A Very Short Introduction

Aidan O'Donnell

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777868

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199584543.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199584543

Anaesthesia: A Very Short Introduction examines the modern anaesthetic practice. Anaesthesia is a mysterious and sometimes threatening process. What is anaesthesia? How is it ... More

Blood: A Very Short Introduction

Chris Cooper

Print Publication Year:: Sep 2016

Published Online:: Sep 2016

eISBN:: 9780191785467

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199581450.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199581450

Blood is vital to most animals. In mammals it transports oxygen and food, carries away waste, and contains the white cells that attack invading microbes. Playing a central role in life, ... More

Cancer: A Very Short Introduction

Nick James

Print Publication Year:: May 2011

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777424

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199560233.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199560233

Cancer: A Very Short Introduction explains, in non-technical language, what cancer is and what it does. Why, despite constant improvements in treatment techniques, has cancer ... More

Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)

Les Iversen

Print Publication Year:: Jun 2016

Published Online:: Jun 2016

eISBN:: 9780191808210

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198745792.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198745792

Drugs: A Very Short Introduction provides a non-technical account of how drugs work in the body. The 20th century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on medicinal drugs, with ... More

Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction

Rodolfo Saracci

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2010

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777257

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199543335.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199543335

Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction explains what epidemiology is and its importance to the discovery, control, and prevention of disease in world populations. It looks at ... More

Food: A Very Short Introduction

John Krebs

Print Publication Year:: Sep 2013

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191778582

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199661084.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199661084

Food: A Very Short Introduction provides a brief history of man's relationship with food, spanning from the time of our remote ancestors 3 million years ago to the present day. ... More

The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction

William Bynum

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2008

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191776984

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199215430.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199215430

The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction assesses the origins and development of medicine from ancient times, through the scholastic medieval tradition and the ... More

HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)

Alan Whiteside

Print Publication Year:: Nov 2016

Published Online:: Nov 2016

eISBN:: 9780191793639

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198727491.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198727491

HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction provides an introduction to AIDS—the most serious human epidemic in centuries—tackling the science, politics, demographics, and devastating ... More

Hormones: A Very Short Introduction

Martin Luck

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2014

Published Online:: Jul 2014

eISBN:: 9780191780011

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199672875.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199672875

Hormones balance and coordinate the workings of the body. There are many misconceptions about the endocrine system and few people are aware of its nature and importance. Hormones: A Very ... More

The Immune System: A Very Short Introduction

Paul Klenerman

Print Publication Year:: Nov 2017

Published Online:: Nov 2017

eISBN:: 9780191815706

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198753902.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198753902

The Immune System: A Very Short Introduction describes the immune system and how it works in health and disease. It focuses on the human immune system, considering how it ... More

Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction

Marta Wayne and Benjamin Bolker

Print Publication Year:: Jun 2015

Published Online:: Jun 2015

eISBN:: 9780191785276

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199688937.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199688937

Infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways by ... More

Madness: A Very Short Introduction

Andrew Scull

Print Publication Year:: Aug 2011

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191778230

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199608034.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199608034

Madness: A Very Short Introduction examines the social, cultural, medical, and artistic responses to mental disturbance across more than two millennia, Madness is something ... More

Molecular Biology: A Very Short Introduction

Aysha Divan and Janice Royds

Print Publication Year:: Aug 2016

Published Online:: Aug 2016

eISBN:: 9780191791192

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198723882.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198723882

Molecular biology is the story of the molecules of life, their relationships, and how these interactions are controlled. Its applications are wide and growing; the power of molecular ... More

Nutrition: A Very Short Introduction

David Bender

Print Publication Year:: Jun 2014

Published Online:: Jun 2014

eISBN:: 9780191779985

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199681921.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199681921

Nutrition is a topic of wide interest and importance. In spite of a growing understanding of the underlying biochemistry, and health campaigns such as ‘five-a-day’, increasing obesity and ... More

Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction

Christian W. McMillen

Print Publication Year:: Dec 2016

Published Online:: Dec 2016

eISBN:: 9780190625214

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199340071.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199340071

The 2014 Ebola epidemic demonstrated the power of pandemics and their ability not only to destroy lives locally but also to capture imaginations worldwide. Pandemics: A Very Short ... More

Plague: A Very Short Introduction

Paul Slack

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777998

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199589548.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199589548

Plague: A Very Short Introduction explores the historical impact of plague over the centuries, focusing on how people coped with the disease and how governments fought it. It ... More

Psychiatry: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)

Tom Burns

Print Publication Year:: Oct 2018

Published Online:: Oct 2018

eISBN:: 9780191865145

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198826200.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198826200

Psychiatry: A Very Short Introduction explores the nature of psychiatry, focusing on what it can and cannot do, and discussing why its history has been beset by dramatic shifts ... More

Public Health: A Very Short Introduction

Virginia Berridge

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2016

Published Online:: Jul 2016

eISBN:: 9780191785481

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199688463.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199688463

Public Health: A Very Short Introduction explores the areas that fall under the remit of public health, and explains how the individual histories of different countries have ... More

Human Anatomy: A Very Short Introduction

Leslie Klenerman

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2015

Published Online:: Feb 2015

eISBN:: 9780191785474

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198707370.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198707370

Knowledge of the basic construction of the human body—the skeleton, the organs of the chest and abdomen, the nervous system, the head and neck with its sensory systems and anatomy for ... More

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