Body clock : the effects of time on human health / Anthony Reading and etc.; edited by Dr. Martin Hughes.
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TextPublisher: 460 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 USA : Facts on File, c1989Description: 191 pages : colored illustrationsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0816022232 [hardbound]Subject(s): Chronobiology | Biological rhythms| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Stack | 612.022 R22 1989 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBL000012447 |
Includes index.
Contents: 1 The beating heart -- 2 The life of the heart -- 3 Breathing -- 4 Brainwaves -- 5 Biological rhythms -- 6 Sleep and dreaming -- 7 Time and the senses -- 8 Time and physical ability -- 9 Time for digestion -- 10 Keeping fluids in balance -- 11 Times of fertility -- 12 The menstrual cycle -- 13 Time and sexual arousal -- 14 The moment of conception -- 15 Nine months of pregnancy -- 16 Time of birth -- 17 How children grow -- 18 How adults age -- 19 Abnormal regeneration -- 20 Times of infection -- 21 Time to heal.
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