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Keeping Your Child Healthy in a Germ-Filled World: A Guide for Parents
Athena P. Kourtis
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Description for Keeping Your Child Healthy in a Germ-Filled World: A Guide for Parents
Hardback. Up-to-date, accurate information and a clear understanding of how germs and our bodies work will help you and your child stay afloat in the microbial sea. Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23, 4 maps, 19 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: VFD; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
The world is full of germs, and the news is full of stories about infectious diseases and antibiotic-resistant superbugs. What can parents do to protect their children? Keeping Your Child Healthy in a Germ-Filled World gives parents the information they need to shield their kids from infections and keep their family healthy. Infections are harmful, but not all germs are bad. Dr. Athena P. Kourtis, a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist-and mother-teaches parents how to protect their kids without going overboard. She helps parents sort through the latest information about antibiotics, vaccines, hygiene, health foods, and home remedies, and ... Read more
The world is full of germs, and the news is full of stories about infectious diseases and antibiotic-resistant superbugs. What can parents do to protect their children? Keeping Your Child Healthy in a Germ-Filled World gives parents the information they need to shield their kids from infections and keep their family healthy. Infections are harmful, but not all germs are bad. Dr. Athena P. Kourtis, a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist-and mother-teaches parents how to protect their kids without going overboard. She helps parents sort through the latest information about antibiotics, vaccines, hygiene, health foods, and home remedies, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421402116
SKU
V9781421402116
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About Athena P. Kourtis
Athena P. Kourtis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., is a pediatrician and infectious diseases specialist, a scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and an associate professor of pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, where she has practiced, taught, and researched pediatric infections for the past fifteen years. Dr. Kourtis has written nearly 100 professional ... Read more
Reviews for Keeping Your Child Healthy in a Germ-Filled World: A Guide for Parents
This is a well written and easily comprehended book that concerned parents should be encouraged to read. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal