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This new title brings together informative and helpful information about the myriad aspects of teenage life, to aid parents, guardians, practitioners, and teenagers themselves in this crucial time in their lives.

Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders.

This volume introduces students and researchers to how a healthy human body works during exercise and how sports and physical activity promote health and performance, ranging from the cellular level to whole body perspectives. Coverage also includes exercise physiology, sports psychology, human anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, biokinetics, diet, the nature and pathology of sport injuries, and injury rehabilitation.

This third edition of the Encyclopedia of Climate Change comprises more than 500 essays and extensive back matter written specifically to provide students at high school and undergraduate levels with a comprehensive and convenient source of information on the fundamental science, sociopolitical issues, and controversies surrounding climate change.

This new resource explores the study of the invisible world of microorganisms, introducing readers to the main principles of microbiology, its importance, and its many real-world applications.