Germ Proof Your Kids: The Complete Guide to Protecting (without Overprotecting) Your Family from Infections - Brossura

Rotbart, Harley A

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1555814271 ISBN 13: 9781555814274

Casa editrice: ASM Press, 2007

Riassunto

The inside source on germ defense―from antibiotics and vaccines to health foods and home remedies.

• Provides an easy-to-use home reference book of childhood infections and methods of prevention and treatment
• Includes valuable explanations of the array of defenses against germs and infections
• Answers parents’ most pressing questions, such as "Are vaccines safe?" and "What are the risks of antibiotics?"
• Offers a wide array of approaches to infection prevention―from vaccines and vitamin supplements to antibiotics and air purifiers
• Presents material in easy-to-read language, with a light and humorous tone for parents, while offering scientific information detailed and precise enough to satisfy the physician readers as well

 

 

This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

Su questo libro

Contenuti:

Table of Contents I. Worthy Enemies 1. Germinology: Know Your Enemy 2. Germ Roots and Germ Routes: Where They Come from, Where They Go, and How They Get from Here to There 3. Plagued: a Glossary of Diseases II. Weapons in the War 4. Homeland Security: Our Natural Defenses against Germ Invasions 5. Germinators: Antibiotics as Miracle and Menace 6. Germinators II: Antivirals, Antifungals, Anti-parasitics 7. Vaccine Verisimilitude: Venerated, Vilified, Vindicated 8. Over-the-Counter or Over-the-Top: Symptom Relief III. Wear Your Boots in the Rain 9. Sanitary Sanity: Personal, Household, and Community Hygiene 10. From the Fridge to the Fringe: Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements 11. Miscellaneous Mom-isms: Sleep, Stress, Weather, and Wardrobe, Exercise, and Everything Else IV. Wisdom of the Ages 12. Prudent Paranoia: Common Sense

Dalla quarta di copertina:

• Easy–to–use home reference book of childhood infections and methods of prevention and treatment
  
• Answers parents most pressing questions, such as Are vaccines safe? and What are the risks of antibiotics?
  
• Presents a wide array of approaches to infection prevention from vaccines and vitamin supplements to antibiotics and air purifiers
  
• Presents material in easy–to–read language
  
• Presents relevant information for kids of all ages, from the crib through college

Su questa edizione

• Editore: ASM Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1555814271
• ISBN 13: 9781555814274
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 394