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  • Textbook of Children's Environmental Health

    Edited by Ruth A. Etzel, Philip J. Landrigan ...
    Children are exquisitely sensitive to hazards in the environment. Even minute quantities of toxic chemicals can trigger cellular changes that result in disease and disability that affect children across their lifespan. New discoveries in children's environmental health continue to elucidate the profound impacts of chemical, biological, physical and societal hazards on children's health and guide ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Protecting Your Child's Health

    Expert Answers to Urgent Environmental Questions

    by American Academy of Pediatrics, Sophie Balk, Ruth A. Etzel ...
    "Practical information to help build the best possible future for your child." —from the foreword by Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP, author of What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American CityAs a parent, you know your most important job is protecting your child. But, you may not know as much about the numerous environmental hazards your child encounters every ... Read more

    $22.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Textbook of Children's Environmental Health

    Edited by Philip J. Landrigan, Ruth A. Etzel ...
    Over the past four decades, the prevalence of autism, asthma, ADHD, obesity, diabetes, and birth defects have grown substantially among children around the world. Not coincidentally, more than 80,000 new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during this same period. Today the World Health Organization attributes 36% of all childhood deaths to environmental causes. ... Read more

    $144.99 CAD

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    How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us

    by Lee Goldman ...
    The dean of Columbia University's medical school explains why our bodies are out of sync with today's environment and how we can correct this to save our health.Over the past 200 years, human life-expectancy has approximately doubled. Yet we face soaring worldwide rates of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, mental illness, heart disease, and stroke. In his fascinating new book, Dr. Lee ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Human Biology

    An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective

    Edited by Sara Stinson, Barry Bogin, Dennis H. O'Rourke ...
    This comprehensive introduction to the field of human biology covers all the major areas of the field: genetic variation, variation related to climate, infectious and non-infectious diseases, aging, growth, nutrition, and demography. Written by four expert authors working in close collaboration, this second edition has been thoroughly updated to provide undergraduate and graduate students with two ... Read more

    $182.99 CAD

  • Fundamentals of Microbiome Science

    How Microbes Shape Animal Biology

    by Angela E. Douglas ...
    An essential introduction to microbiome science, a new cutting-edge discipline that is transforming the life sciencesThis book provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the fundamental principles of microbiome science, an exciting and fast-emerging new discipline that is reshaping many aspects of the life sciences. Resident microbes in healthy animals--including humans—can dictate many ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Human Growth and Development

    Edited by Noel Cameron, Lawrence Schell ...
    Offering a study of biological, biomedical and biocultural approaches, the second edition of Human Growth and Development is a valued resource for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. With timely chapters on obesity, diet / lifestyle, and genetics, this edition is the only publication offering a biological, biomedical and biocultural ... Read more

    $108.79 CAD

  • The Dose Makes the Poison

    A Plain-Language Guide to Toxicology

    by Patricia Frank, M. Alice Ottoboni ...
    This new edition of a widely-read and highly-acclaimed book broadens the scope of its predecessors from a heavy focus on industrial chemicals as toxicants to include drugs, food additives, cosmetics and other types of compounds that people are exposed to daily. Also new to the 3rd edition are newer issues-of-the-day such as nanoparticulate toxicants, second hand smoke, food contamination, lead in ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Only One Chance

    How Environmental Pollution Impairs Brain Development -- and How to Protect the Brains of the Next Generation

    by Philippe Grandjean ...
    Series series Environmental Ethics and Science Policy Series
    Today, one out of every six children suffers from some form of neurodevelopmental abnormality. The causes are mostly unknown. Some environmental chemicals are known to cause brain damage and many more are suspected of it, but few have been tested for such effects. Philippe Grandjean provides an authoritative and engaging analysis of how environmental hazards can damage brain development and what ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • The Analytical Chemistry of Cannabis

    Quality Assessment, Assurance, and Regulation of Medicinal Marijuana and Cannabinoid Preparations

    by Brian F. Thomas, Mahmoud A. ElSohly ...
    Series series Emerging Issues in Analytical Chemistry
    A volume in the Emerging Issues in Analytical Chemistry series, The Analytical Chemistry of Cannabis: Quality Assessment, Assurance, and Regulation of Medicinal Marijuana and Cannabinoid Preparations provides analytical chemistry methods that address the latest issues surrounding cannabis-based products. The plethora of marketed strains of cannabis and cannabinoid-containing products, combined ... Read more

    $44.79 CAD

  • The Biology of the First 1,000 Days

    Edited by Crystal D Karakochuk, Kyly C. Whitfield, Tim J Green, Klaus Kraemer ...
    Series series Oxidative Stress and Disease
    The first 1,000 days, from conception to two years of age, is a critical period of growth and development. Exposures to dietary, environmental, hormonal, and other stressors during this window have been associated with an increased risk of poor health outcomes, some of which are irreversible. The book addresses this crucial interval of early life across biological disciplines, linking concepts ... Read more

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  • Encyclopedia of Toxicology

    by Philip Wexler ...
    The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Toxicology continues its comprehensive survey of toxicology. This new edition continues to present entries devoted to key concepts and specific chemicals. There has been an increase in entries devoted to international organizations and well-known toxic-related incidents such as Love Canal and Chernobyl. Along with the traditional scientifically based ... Read more

    $1,271.19 CAD