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Digestive System
Digestive system | For younger readers | Physiology
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Digestive system
Feldman, Mark, and others, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management. Saunders, 1998. An authoritative textbook.
Janowitz, Henry D., M.D. Indigestion: Living Better With Upper Intestinal Problems from Heartburn to Ulcers and Gallstones. Oxford University Press, 1992, 1994. Explains the causes, symptoms, and treatments of gastrointestinal ailments.
Janowitz, Henry D., M.D. Your Gut Feelings: A Complete Guide to Living Better with Intestinal Problems. Consumer Reports, 1994. Covers lower intestinal problems and includes chapters on older people and intestinal repercussions of other diseases.
Peikin, Steven R., M.D. Gastrointestinal Health: A Self-Help Nutritional Program to Prevent, Cure, or Alleviate Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Ulcers, Heartburn, Gas, Constipation & Many Other Digestive Disorders. HarperPerennial, 1999. Describes gastrointestinal problems and how to alleviate them.
Silverstein, Alvin; Virginia B. Silverstein; and Robert A. Silverstein. The Digestive System. Twenty-First Century, 1994. For middle school readers.
For younger readers
Ballard, Carol. The Digestive System. Heinemann, 2002. For readers in grade 6 and up.
Silverstein, Alvin, and others. The Digestive System. Twenty-First Century, 1994. For readers in grades 5 to 8.
Walker, Pam, and Elaine Wood. The Digestive System. Lucent, 2002. For readers in grades 8 to 12.
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Gardner, Robert. Science Projects About the Human Body. Enslow, 1993. Includes 30 experiments and activities that deal with different parts of the body, along with questions about the implications of the results; for middle school readers.
Nuland, Sherwin B., M.D. The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths. Simon & Schuster, 2000. Discussion of five internal organs and how science unlocked their mysteries.
Nuland, Sherwin B., M.D. The Wisdom of the Body. Knopf, 1997. A physiological tour of the human body, with stories about challenges to the organ or system described.
Parker, Steve, and Tim Wootton, M.D. The Human Body: An Amazing Inside Look at You! Abrams, 1996. Combines photographs of children with photographs of anatomical models so that readers have the impression of looking under the skin of a real person; for younger readers.
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