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American Journal of Public Health
A monthly journal that publishes original research articles that are peer-reviewed in both 'general and specialized areas of the science, art, and practice of public health. These areas include: environment, maternal and child health…
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- Histiocytosis, malignant Histiocytosis in which the histiocytes actually become cancerous. Treatment is by radiation and chemotherapy…
- Chromosome, acrocentric An abnormal chromosome that is distinctive in appearance but not fully identified. A marker chromosome is not…
- Flaviviridae A family of viruses transmitted by mosquitos and ticks that cause some important diseases, including dengue…
- Child health Child health is the purview of pediatrics. 'Pediatrics is concerned with the health of infants, children and…
- GDB The Genome Database (GDB), the official central repository for genomic mapping data resulting from the Human…
- Sturge-Weber syndrome A congenital, but not inherited, disorder that affects the skin, the neurological system, and sometimes the…
- Genital Pertaining to the external and internal organs of reproduction. (Not to be confused with genetic.)
- Pavlovian conditioning The Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1848-1936) conditioned dogs to respond in what proved to be a…
- Syndrome, Gareis-Mason See Syndrome, MASA
- Percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (PEJ) A surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube into the jejunum (part of the small intestine) without…
- Galactosemia A genetic metabolic disease in which there is a defect in the body's ability to use the sugar galactose. In…