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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on October 15, 2003. The length of the article is 528 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Green banana diet improves childhood shigellosis: cuts duration of chronic diarrhea.(Children's Health)
Author: Damian McNamara
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 15, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 33Issue: 20Page: 24(1)

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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 485 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Green bananas reduce severity of shigellosis: cuts duration of chronic diarrhea.(Infectious Diseases)
Author: Damian McNamara
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37Issue: 9Page: 17(1)

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2005. The length of the article is 3428 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Shigellosis among swimmers in a freshwater lake.(Original Article)
Author: Martha Iwamoto
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 98Issue: 8Page: 774(5)

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Avoiding hard-to-understand medical jargon, the four-volume Gale Encyclopedia of Childrens Health uses language that parents can understand, while still providing enough depth to benefit today's health science students. The set provides in-depth coverage of pediatric diseases and disorders, along with issues related to physical and cognitive/behavioral development.

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This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to shigellosis (also Shigella gastroenteritis; Shigellosis), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on shigellosis. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms.Download Description
This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to shigellosis, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on shigellosis. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Shigellosis: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Studies on Shigellosis; Chapter 4. Books on Shigellosis; Chapter 5. Multimedia on Shigellosis; Chapter 6. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 7. Dissertations on Shigellosis; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance; Appendix F. More on Food Irradiation; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; SHIGELLOSIS GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Shigella gastroenteritis, Shigellosis. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on May 15, 2004. The length of the article is 5296 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Food may be vehicle for Shigella boydii 20: first study of its kind.(Clinical Rounds)
Author: Doug Brunk
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 15, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 34Issue: 10Page: 21(1)

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2005. The length of the article is 602 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The patient's page.(drug administration and dosage tips)
Author: Jennifer McKinney
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 98Issue: 8Page: 849(1)

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