The new international standard medical & health encyclopedia / Medical & health encyclopedia Medical and health encyclopedia edited by Richard J. Wagman. - New home edition. - [Naples, FL] : Trident Reference Publishing, 2006. - 4 v. (1363 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Volume I: Your body --The first dozen years -- The teens -- The beginning of a family -- The middle years -- The later years -- Volume II: Diseases of the skeletal system -- Diseases of the muscle and nervous system -- Disease of the circulatory system -- Heart disease -- Diseases of the digestive system -- Diseases of the respiratory system -- Lung disease -- Disease of the endocrine glands -- Diabetes and other autoimmune diseases -- Diseases of the eye and ear -- Diseases of the urinogenital system -- Cancer -- Other diseases of major importance -- Surgery. Volume III: Skin and hair -- The teaath and gums -- Aches, pains, nuisances, worries--and other things youcen live with but could get along very well without -- Allergies and hypersensitivities -- Women's health -- Physicians and dianostic procedures -- Nutrition and weight control -- Mental and emotional disorders -- substance abuse -- The environment and health -- Health insurance -- Home care of the sick -- Health care delivery -- Voluntary health agenies -- Volume IV: Medical emergencies -- Commonly prescribed drugs -- Physical fitness.

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