Author: Bernard Meyer WagnerNational Research Council (U.
Publisher: Natl Academy of Science
Keywords: fluoride, ingested, effects, health
Number of Pages: 181
Published: 1993-12
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 030904975X
ISBN-13: 9780309049757

This book reviews the effects on health of fluoride ingested from various sources. Those health effects reviewed include dental fluorosis; bone fracture; effects on renal, reproductive, and gastrointestinal systems; and genotoxicity and carcinogenicity. The book also reviews the Environmental Protection Agency’s current drinking-water standard for fluoride, and considers future research needs.

Author: Leonard A. Cole
Publisher: Natl Academy of Science / Joseph Henry Pres
Keywords: story, detective, medical, letters, anthrax
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2003-10-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 030908881X
ISBN-13: 9780309088817

At 2:00am on October 2, 2001, Robert Stevens entered a hospital emergency room. He was feverish, nauseated, and barely conscious. Notations on his admitting chart indicate that he was "not oriented to person, place, or time." Perplexed by the sudden and especially severe onset of his symptoms, doctors ran a variety of tests. As armies of bacterial agents attacked and shut down every major organ in Bob Stevens’s system, doctors quickly accumulated and analyzed medical data, fitting the pieces of this complicated puzzle together to arrive at a stunning diagnosis. Bob Stevens had anthrax

Author: National Research Council Staff (editor)
Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
Keywords: national, vision, need, manufacturing, era, new
Number of Pages: 174
Published: 1986-10
List price: $12.50
ISBN-10: 0309036917
ISBN-13: 9780309036917

Authors:John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, Rodney R. Cocking, N
Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
Keywords: experience, school, mind, brain, learn, people
Number of Pages: 319
Published: 1999-04
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0309065577
ISBN-13: 9780309065573

If education is to help students make sense of their surroundings and prepare them for the challenges of the technology-driven, internationally competitive world, it must be based on what we know about learning and teaching. This book offers valuable information to teachers, education policymakers and administrators, and curriculum developers - and to everyone who cares about effective learning.If education is to help students make sense of their surroundings and prepare them for the challenges of the technology-driven, internationally competitive world, it must be based on what we know about

Author: Sara K. Goldsmith
Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
Keywords: workshop, summary, intervention, prevention, suicide
Number of Pages: 23
Published: 2002-02
List price: $12.00
ISBN-10: 0309076242
ISBN-13: 9780309076241

Author: National Research Council
Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
Keywords: reward, opportunities, agriculture, research, directions, biosciences, new
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 1985-09-01
List price: $11.50
ISBN-10: 0309035422
ISBN-13: 9780309035422

Authored by an integrated committee of plant and animal scientists, this review of newer molecular genetic techniques and traditional research methods is presented as a compilation of high-reward opportunities for agricultural research. Directed to the Agricultural Research Service and the agricultural research community at large, the volume discusses biosciences research in genetic engineering, animal science, plant science, and plant diseases and insect pests. An optimal climate for productive research is discussed.Book DescriptionAuthored by an integrated committee of plant and animal scien

Author: Bradford H. Gray
Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
Keywords: hospitals, changing, environment, doctors, profit, health, care, new
Number of Pages: 178
Published: 1983-04-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0309033772
ISBN-13: 9780309033770