Category: Medical & Health Sciences
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Enzyme Systems that Metabolise Drugs and Other Xenobiotics
Original price was: $519.00.$415.20Current price is: $415.20.Add to cartThis definitive reference work describes in detail the enzyme systems that participate in the metabolism of xenobiotics, particularly medicinal drugs. Each chapter focuses on a specific enzyme system, emphasising its role in the activation and detoxication of chemicals. Aspects discussed critically include: * enzyme function in the metabolism and bioactivation of xenobiotics * substrate specificity …
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Equine Endoscopy
Original price was: $155.00.$124.00Current price is: $124.00.Add to cartGuides the reader through every aspect of the equine endoscopy procedure; reviews endoscopic equipment; examines the pros and cons of use, cost, and care; and much more! Includes expert discussion on laser surgery of the respiratory tract using the enoscope and video endoscopic equipment.Includes expert discussions on laser surgery of the respiratory tract using the …
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Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
Original price was: $374.00.$299.20Current price is: $299.20.Add to cartThis unique resource provides the most up-to-date, in-depth coverage of the basic and clinical sciences required for management of the equine athlete. The unique treatment of exercise physiology and training within a clinical context, together with a detailed review of all diseases affecting athletic horses, makes this the most comprehensive text available. Provides a thorough …
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Fatty Acids
Original price was: $289.00.$231.20Current price is: $231.20.Add to cartLeading academic and biomedical researchers comprehensively review the status of essential fatty acids (EFA) in nutrition, medicine, psychology, and pharmacology. Topics range from a discussion of EFA basic mechanisms to their effects on individual psychiatry and behavior, and include extensive coverage of pathology, DHA in CNS development, and phospholipid and fatty acid composition and metabolism. …
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Fetal Nutrition and Adult Disease
Original price was: $266.85.$213.48Current price is: $213.48.Add to cartOver the last decade, epidemiological studies have suggested that the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke mortality and hypertension is, in part, related to the environment encountered during fetal life. In particular, maternal undernutrition during pregnancy has been highlighted as a causal factor in the long-term programming of disease risk. This book, which brings together …
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Foodborne Diseases
Original price was: $289.00.$231.20Current price is: $231.20.Add to cartIn Foodborne Diseases, leading authorities present a broad overview of the microbial pathogens and toxins associated with foodborne illness while discussing pathogenicity, clinical epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment. The chapters of this volume cover a wide variety of bacterial pathogens, viruses, protozoans, and parasites, as well as microbial toxins, and also address alternatives to antibiotics, risk …
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Forensic Radiology
Original price was: $167.95.$134.36Current price is: $134.36.Add to cartThe scope of applications of forensic radiology includes determination of identity, evaluation of injury and death, use in criminal and civil litigation, in administrative proceedings such as workmans compensation hearings, in medical education, and in research. Until now, there has been no single source of radiologic knowledge for various disciplines to turn to when examining …
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Forensic Science
Original price was: $470.00.$376.00Current price is: $376.00.Add to cartHardbound. The purpose of this volume is to present critical, up-to-date information on the separation methods and techniques applied in various disciplines of forensic science. The book cannot and should not replace a scientific paper in regard to the depth and coverage of a particular problem. It should, however, present the relevant problems in statu …
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Frontiers in Surface Science and Interface Science
Original price was: $290.00.$232.00Current price is: $232.00.Add to cartAny notion that surface science is all about semiconductors and coatings is laid to rest by this encyclopedic publication: Bioengineered interfaces in medicine, interstellar dust, DNA computation, conducting polymers, the surfaces of atomic nuclei – all are brought up to date.Frontiers in Surface and Interface Science – a milestone publication deserving a wide readership. It …
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Fundamentals of Orthopedic Radiology
Original price was: $59.00.$47.20Current price is: $47.20.Add to cartThis unique book teaches students how to read and interpret x-rays and other imaging techniques of the musculoskeletal system. 599 illustrations help the reader understand the capabilities, limitations, and diagnostic value of imaging.This book will help the reader: — understand the capabilities, limitations, and diagnostic value of imaging– read a radiologist’s report– integrate this information …
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Game Meat Hygiene in Focus: Microbiology, Epidemiology, Risk Analysis and Quality Assurance
Original price was: $116.00.$92.80Current price is: $92.80.Add to cartThis book combines 24 contributions presenting the view of experts in game meat hygiene and quality. They address four main topics: i.e. ‘hygiene and microbiology’, ‘epidemiology’, ‘risk assessment and management’ and ‘muscle biology and meat quality’.
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Gene Therapy
Original price was: $199.95.$159.96Current price is: $159.96.Add to cartThis text covers all aspects of gene therapy, including basic principles, viral and nonviral delivery systems, targeted diseases, regulatory issues, and FDA requirements. It investigates genetic bullets to block HIV-1 replication and genetic guns to deliver antiviral agents.
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Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Risk Assessment
Original price was: $170.00.$136.00Current price is: $136.00.Add to cartPresents state-of-the-art regulatory cancer risk assessment models including a biologically based model for two-hit carcinogenesis and cell proliferation!This book comprehensively reviews the various roles of genetic toxicology in human cancer risk assessment conducted by United States and worldwide regulatory agencies-discussing hazard identification, dose-response relationships, exposure assessment, and current practices of risk characterization.Examines predictive values of …
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Germfree and Gnotobiotic Animal Models
Original price was: $130.00.$104.00Current price is: $104.00.Add to cartThe germfree animal is reared in the laboratory to be bacteria free; its counterpart, the gnotobiotic animal, is exposed to select microorganisms. The need for such an animal model for use in biomedical studies was first expressed by Pasteur in the late 1800s. Subsequent development of germfree and gnotobiotic animals led to an explosion of …
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Glutamate and Addiction
Original price was: $289.00.$231.20Current price is: $231.20.Add to cartIn Glutamate and Addiction, world-renowned scientific experts critically review all of the evidence for the role of glutamatergic systems in opiate, stimulant, and alcohol addiction. Using a variety of pharmacological, biochemical, genetic, and brain imaging techniques, these investigators show precisely how glutamate affects such addictions and how modifying certain elements of the glutamatergic system appear …
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Granulocyte Responses to Cytokines
Original price was: $239.95.$191.96Current price is: $191.96.Add to cartThis volume explores the basic physiological functions of granulocytes, their modification by cytokines, and the clinical experience with cytokines – discussing the specific responses of neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and mast cells to individual cytokines.;Written by more than 60 experts from all over the world, Granulocyte Responses to Cytokines …: examines the responses of granulocytes and …
