Germ proof your kids
Subtitle: the complete guide to protecting (without overprotecting) your family from infections
By: Harley A. Rotbart.
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781555814274
Subjects: Microbiology -- Popular works; Infection -- Popular works; Hygiene; Microbiology -- Popular Works; Communicable Diseases -- microbiology -- Popular Works; Bacterial Infections -- Popular Works; Virus Diseases -- Popular Works; Infection Control -- Popular Works; Immunity -- Popular Works; Hygiene -- Popular Works; Pediatrics -- Popular Works; Child
Genres: Popular works.; Popular Works.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the germ theory versus my mom's theory; title: Germinology: know your enemy; title: Germ roots and germ routes: where they come from, where they go, and how they get from here to there; title: Plagued: a glossary of diseases; title: Homeland security: our natural defenses against germ invasions; title: Germinators: antibiotics as miracle and menace; title: Germinators ii: antivirals, antifungals, anti-parasitics; title: Vaccine verisimilitude: venerated, vilified, vindicated; title: Over-the-counter or over-the-top: symptom relief; title: Sanitary sanity: personal, household, and community hygiene; title: From the fridge to the fringe: nutrition and nutritional supplements; title: Miscellaneous momisms: sleep, stress, weather, wardrobe, exercise, and everything else; title: Prudent paranoia: common sense.