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Substance Abuse Drug Abuse
A Reference Handbook A Reference Handbook
DAVID E. NEWTON
Second Edition
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FEATURES
provides an introduction to the history of prescription drug
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with prescription drug abuse in modern society.
DAVID E. NEWTON, EdD, has been a freelance writer of
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Healthcare Obesity
Reform in America A Reference Handbook

A Reference Handbook
Second Edition | JUDITH S. STERN
Second Edition AND ALEXANDRA KAZAKS
JENNIE JACOBS KRONENFELD
AND MICHAEL KRONENFELD Obesity has reached epidemic
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JUDITH S. STERN, ScD, RD, is distinguished professor emeritus
JENNIE JACOBS KRONENFELD, PhD, is professor in sociology in nutrition and internal medicine at University of California,
at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Davis.
MICHAEL KRONENFELD, MLS, MBA, is university librarian at ALEXANDRA KAZAKS, PhD, RDN, CDE, is a professor at Bastyr
the A.T. Still University of the Health Sciences in Kirksville, MO, University in Seattle, WA.
and Mesa, AZ.

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