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Author(s) -
Mitani John
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.10143
Subject(s) - citation , library science , history , computer science
This book is written for the American medical profession and caters for the general practitioner rather than for the large army of Pediatric specialists: for the latter a larger and more formidable type ?f text-book is supposed to be provided. Although the author has fried to reduce detail and to deal mainly with the practical aspects, he has written a fairly complete account of the subject. In the plan and arrangement of the book he has followed the usual lines, dealing first and very briefly with the normal infant, then with diseases of the new born, infant feeding, the sequence of system diseases, general ^fections, etc. The book is obviously written from considerable