Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention & Institute of Medicine 
Risk Communication and Vaccination [PDF ebook] 
Workshop Summary

This handbook offers practical guidance for fundamental experiments in environmental biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, and plant biotechnology, encompassing crucial aspects such as the isolati …

Health services are often fragmented along organizational lines with limited communication among the public health–related programs or organizations, such as mental health, social services, and publi …

Athletes and nonathletes frequently consume too little water or fluids, affecting exercise performance as well as overall health. This book comprehensively reviews the aspects relating to body fluid …

Affecting 20 to 30 % of children under the age of five, sleep disorders can seriously affect a child”s health. This authoritative guide illustrates the consequences of sleep disordered breathing and …

Premature births, musculoskeletal diseases, diabetes mellitus, and psychiatric disorders. Nutrition plays a direct or indirect role in the causes, treatment, and/or management of many chronic disorde …

Recognition that aging is not the accumulation of disease, but rather comprises fundamental biological processes that are amenable to experimental study, is the basis for the recent growth of experim …

Containing over 150 original photomicrographs accompanied by protocol information, Atlas of Cell Organelles Fluorescence delineates organelles structures, interaction, and organization into complexes …

Analyzing ground-breaking research, this reference highlights the impact of sleep deprivation on the well-being of the individual and society-presenting current theories on the function of sleep, the …

Dental Biomechanics provides a comprehensive, timely, and wide-reaching survey of the relevant aspects of biomechanical investigation within the dental field. Leading the reader through the mechanica …

Resulting from ingestion of inappropriately prepared or stored foods containing pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites, foodborne infections have become a significant source of human morbi …