The Leading eBooks Store Online

for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...

New to eBooks.com?

Learn more
Browse our categories
  • Bestsellers - This Week
  • Foreign Language Study
  • Pets
  • Bestsellers - Last 6 months
  • Games
  • Philosophy
  • Archaeology
  • Gardening
  • Photography
  • Architecture
  • Graphic Books
  • Poetry
  • Art
  • Health & Fitness
  • Political Science
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • History
  • Psychology & Psychiatry
  • Body Mind & Spirit
  • House & Home
  • Reference
  • Business & Economics
  • Humor
  • Religion
  • Children's & Young Adult Fiction
  • Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Romance
  • Computers
  • Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Science
  • Crafts & Hobbies
  • Law
  • Science Fiction
  • Current Events
  • Literary Collections
  • Self-Help
  • Drama
  • Literary Criticism
  • Sex
  • Education
  • Literary Fiction
  • Social Science
  • The Environment
  • Mathematics
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Family & Relationships
  • Media
  • Study Aids
  • Fantasy
  • Medical
  • Technology
  • Fiction
  • Music
  • Transportation
  • Folklore & Mythology
  • Nature
  • Travel
  • Food and Wine
  • Performing Arts
  • True Crime
  • Foreign Language Books
Theories of disease. Etiology. Pathogenesis

Most popular at the top

  • Western Diseasesby Tessa M. Pollard

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 54.00

    A synthesis of current understandings of evolutionary processes, and of the biology and epidemiology of disease. more...

  • Gender and Healthby Chloe E. Bird; Patricia P. Rieker

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 23.00

    Gender and Health is the first book to examine how men's and women's lives and their physiology contribute to differences in their health. more...

  • DNAby Linda L. McCabe; MD. Edward R.B. McCabe; Victor A. McKusick

    University of California Press 2008; US$ 15.95

    The genetic revolution has provided incredibly valuable information about our DNA, information that can be used to benefit and inform?but also to judge, discriminate, and abuse. An essential reference for living in today's world, this book gives the background information critical to understanding how genetics is now affecting our everyday lives. Written... more...

  • Genetic Testingby OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 49.00

    This report presents the results of a survey of over 800 genetic testing laboratory directors in 18 OECD countries. It provides the first detailed overview of the availability and extent of molecular genetic testing across OECD member countries. The survey allowed the OECD to compare practices in individual countries in order to inform international... more...

  • The Sorting Societyby Loane Skene; Janna Thompson

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 62.00

    Focuses on the ethical, legal and social issues raised by genetic testing and therapy. more...

  • Oxidants in Biologyby Giuseppe Valacchi; Paul Davis

    Springer 2008; US$ 149.99

    Oxidants, like other aspects of life, involves tradeoffs. Oxidants, whether intentionally produced or by-products of normal metabolism can either mediate a variety of critical biological processes but when present inappropriately cause extensive damage to biological molecules (DNA, proteins, and lipids). These effects can lead to either damage that... more...

  • Chromosomal Alterationsby Günter Obe; Dr. Vijayalaxmi

    Springer 2007; US$ 249.99

    Cytogenetics is a very important research tool in basic and applied research. The uses of cytogenetics in human-population monitoring, in biological dosimetry in radiation accidents and in astronauts and as a predictive measure of cancer are topics discussed in this book. The book will help the reader to better understand cytogenetics and the intricacies... more...

  • Clinical Genetics in Nursing Practiceby Felissa R. Lashley

    Springer Publishing Company 2005; US$ 100.00

    Designated a Doody's Core Title!. The third edition of this award-winning text provides new and updated knowledge about genetics issues relevant to nursing practice. Read in sequence or used as a reference, this is a comprehensive overview of how genetics affetcs the care that nurses provide. In addition to a summary of basic human genetics and... more...

  • Essentials of Clinical Genetics in Nursing Practiceby Felissa R. Lashley

    Springer Publishing Company 2006; US$ 75.00

    Designated a Doody's Core Title!. REFRESH YOUR GENETIC KNOWLEDGE AND ENHANCE YOUR PATIENT CARE. We now know that genetic factors can cause disease or affect an individual's susceptibility or resistance to disorders and even to treatment. To provide the best nursing care, it is therefore essential that practitioners and students have a basic... more...

  • Community Genetics and Genetic Alliancesby Aviad E. Raz

    Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 158.00

    Carrier testing of adults provides information about the risk of passing a genetic mutation to your children, leading to reproductive (and some say, eugenic) decisions. Excessive carrier screening may have adverse effects, but it can also prevent suffering and open up new reproductive options. Raz's study focuses on the interplay of community genetics... more...