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Hardcover. How do smokers evaluate evidence that smoking harms health? Some evidence suggests that smokers over-estimate health risks from smoking. This book challenges this conclusion and finds that smokers tend to be overly optimistic about their longevity and future health if they quit later in life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 line illustrations, 25 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBNH; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010390
ISBN
9780674010390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.87
€ 91.47

Hardcover. Based primarily on personal papers and correspondence that have remained in the possession of Smith's family, this is a biography of Theobald Smith, widely considered to be America's first significant medical scientist and a leading comparative pathologist. Num Pages: 704 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MMFM; PSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012202
ISBN
9780674012202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2figs.5tabs. BIC Classification: MM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674167759
ISBN
9780674167759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.09
€ 48.00

Hardcover. Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; MBX; MJW; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281448
ISBN
9780674281448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.83
€ 52.08

Hardcover. This companion volume to Siri von Reis's previous exploration of ethnobotanical notes in the Harvard herbaria brings to light a new array of plants with drug or food potential, offering wide-ranging possible applications for pharmacologists, chemists, botanists, and even anthropologists. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMG; PST; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674617650
ISBN
9780674617650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.09
€ 48.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13figs. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674722255
ISBN
9780674722255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.35
€ 71.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 219 pages, 1tab. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 215 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674807204
ISBN
9780674807204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.09
€ 48.00

Paperback. A comprehensive synthesis of parasite variation at the molecular, population, and evolutionary levels, this book is suitable for students and researchers throughout biology and biomedicine. It uses an evolutionary perspective to meld the terms and findings of molecular biology, immunology, pathogen biology, and population dynamics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: MJCJ; MJCM; MMFP; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095950
ISBN
9780691095950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.04
€ 59.26

Paperback. Based on interviews, media analysis, and participant observation at research labs and conferences, this book analyzes how assumptions designed into and read out of the experimental process reinforce specific notions about human nature. It demonstrates how brain scans contribute to our social dependence on scientific authority. Editor(s): Rabinow, Paul. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 color illus. 19 halftones. 5 table. BIC Classification: JHM; JMM; MMPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113982
ISBN
9780691113982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.68

Paperback. About 375 million people are infected with the hepatitis B virus. The discovery of this virus and the vaccine against it was one of the triumphs of twentieth-century medicine. This book describes how Baruch Blumberg and a team of researchers found a virus they were not looking for and created a vaccine for a disease they knew little about. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 table, 16 halftones, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: BG; MJJ; MMFM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116235
ISBN
9780691116235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.78

Hardback. Recounts the true and harrowing tales of the author's adventures with parasites, and in the process introduces readers to the intimately interwoven lives of host and parasite. This title leads readers on a journey into the bizarre yet oddly beautiful world of parasites. Num Pages: 312 pages, 30 b&w plates. BIC Classification: MMFP; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141404
ISBN
9780691141404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.38

Paperback. Takes readers into the ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment. This book explores the puzzling question: why do addiction counselors dedicate themselves to reconciling drug users' relationship to language in order to reconfigure their relationship to drugs? Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JHMC; MMZR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144504
ISBN
9780691144504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.40

Paperback. Eighteen-year-old Nanette Leroux fell ill in 1822 with a variety of incapacitating nervous symptoms. Living near the spa at Aix-les-Bains, she became the charity patient of its medical director, Antoine Despine, who treated her with hydrotherapy and animal magnetism. This title offers an account of the young woman's mental afflictions. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152370
ISBN
9780691152370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: MMBP; MQV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 9. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727908605
ISBN
9780727908605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Reynolds, Felicity; Russell, Robin; Porter, Jackie; Scrutton, Mark. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: MJTF; MMBP; MQDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727910097
ISBN
9780727910097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.49

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hughes, Richard. Num Pages: 520 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GBC; MJN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727910806
ISBN
9780727910806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.87

Paperback. Series: Principles and Practice. Num Pages: 155 pages, 0. BIC Classification: MMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727911919
ISBN
9780727911919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Shelly, Dr Maire; Park, Gilbert; Shelley, Maire. Series: Fundamentals of Anaesthesia & Acute Medicine S. Num Pages: 189 pages, 22. BIC Classification: MB; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727912213
ISBN
9780727912213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: MMK; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727913715
ISBN
9780727913715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Ian. Series: Fundamentals of Anaesthesia & Acute Medicine S. Num Pages: 252 pages, 18. BIC Classification: MMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727914224
ISBN
9780727914224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.49

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