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Title:

Body : the complete human : how it grows, how it works, and how to keep it healthy and strong / Patricia Daniels, [et. al] ; foreword by Richard Restak.

Publisher:

National Geographic,

Copyright Date:

2009, c2007

Description:

416 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), charts, ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Human physiology--Popular works.
Human body--Popular works.

Other Authors:

Stein, Lisa.
Gura, Trisha.
Thompson, John M. (John Milliken), 1959-
Daniels, Patricia, 1955-
Hitchcock, Susan Tyler.
Bechtel, Stefan.
Restak, Richard M., 1942-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-399) and index.

Contents:

Epilogue: The future body / Stefan Bechtel. Beginnings / Patricia Daniels -- Body armor / Lisa Stein -- Structure / Lisa Stein -- Body movers / Susan Tyler Hitchcock -- Circulation / Patricia Daniels -- Vital exchange / Patricia Daniels -- Body fuel / John Thompson -- Body cleansing / John Thompson -- Control center / Patricia Daniels -- Messengers / Trisha Gura -- Reproduction / Trisha Gura -- Protection / John Thompson -- Aging / Patricia Daniels -- Epilogue: The future body / Stefan Bechtel.

ISBN:

1426204493 (pbk.) :
9781426204494 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317506097

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)