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Demography and Disease

JAMA. 1999;281(20):1953-1954. doi:10.1001/jama.281.20.1953.
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Alcohol and Drug DependencePrinciples of Addiction Medicine

edited by Allan W. Graham and Terry K. Schultz, 2nd ed, 1338 pp, with illus, $130 member, $155 nonmember, ISBN 1-880425-04-1, Chevy Chase, Md, American Society of Addiction Medicine, 1998.
CancerCatalog of Chromosome Aberrations in Cancer '98, version 1, 6th ed
edited by Felix Mitelman, one CD-ROM, requirements: Macintosh: System 7, 8MB RAM, 40MB hard disk space, 4× CD-ROM recommended; Windows: Win 3.1 and higher, 486 processor, 8MB RAM, 2.5MB hard disk space, 4× CD-ROM recommended, documentation 22 pp user's guide, $650, ISBN 0-471-17603-6, New York, NY, Wiley-Liss, 1999.
Gene Therapy in the Treatment of Cancer: Progress and Prospects
edited by Brian E. Huber and Ian Magrath (Cancer: Clinical Science in Practice), 216 pp, with illus, $74.95, ISBN 0-521-44436-5, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
DermatologyAtlas of Infections of the Skin
by Raza Aly and Howard I. Maibach, 258 pp, with illus, $170, ISBN 0-443-05587-4, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 1999.
Cutaneous Laser Surgery: The Art and Science of Selective Photothermolysis
by Mitchel P. Goldman and Richard E. Fitzpatrick, 2nd ed, 531 pp, with illus, $195, ISBN 0-8151-3610-2, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
EducationAgainst the Odds: Blacks in the Profession of Medicine in the United States
by Wilbur H. Watson, 198 pp, with illus, $34.95, ISBN 1-56000-376-6, New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Publishers, 1999.
Curriculum Development for Medical Education: A Six-Step Approach
by David E. Kern, Patricia A. Thomas, Donna M. Howard, and Eric B. Bass, 178 pp, with illus, paper, $45, ISBN 0-8018-5844-5, Baltimore, Md, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
How to Excel in Medical School
by Norma Susswein Saks, Carolina M. Zingale, and Daniel G. Stewart, 185 pp, with illus, paper, $15, ISBN 1-888308-04-4, Alexandria, Va, J&S Publishing Co, 1998.
GeneticsMaster Control Genes in Development and Evolution: The Homeobox Story
by Walter J. Gehring (Terry Lecture Series), 236 pp, with illus, $35, ISBN 0-300-07409-3, New Haven, Conn, Yale University Press, 1998.
GeriatricsGeriatrics at Your Fingertips
by David B. Reuben, George T. Grossberg, Lorraine C. Mion, James T. Pacala, Jane F. Potter, and Todd P. Semla, 151 pp, with illus, paper, $9.95, ISBN 444-01935-9, New York, NY, American Geriatrics Society, 1998.
Health SystemsHealth Information Systems: Design Issues and Analytic Applications
by Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Cheryl L. Damberg, Eve A. Kerr, and Robert H. Brook, 295 pp, with illus, $55, ISBN 0-8330-2599-6, paper, $25, ISBN 0-8330-2630-5, Santa Monica, Calif, Rand Health, 1998.
ImmunologyPrimary Immunodeficiency Diseases: A Molecular and Genetic Approach
edited by Hans D. Ochs, C. I. Edvard Smith, and Jennifer M. Puck, 501 pp, with illus, $139.50, ISBN 0-19-510486-2, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1999.
MedicineClinical Essentials of Calcium and Skeletal Disorders
by Leonard J. Deftos, 314 pp, with illus, soft cover, $19.95, ISBN 1-884735-39-8, Caddo, Okla, Professional Communications, 1-800-337-9838, 1998.
Drug Prescribing in Renal Failure: Dosing Guidelines for Adults
by George R. Aronoff, Jeffrey S. Berns, Michael E. Brier, et al, 4th ed, 176 pp, paper, $28, ISBN 0-943126-76-2, Philadelphia, Pa, American College of Physicians, 800-523-1546, 1999.
New MediaThe Doctor's Internet Handbook
by Robert Kiley, 75 pp, with illus, paper, $10.99, £6.99, ISBN 1-85315-370-2, London, England, Royal Society of Medicine Press, http://www.roysocmed.ac.uk/handbook.htm, Hoddle Doyle Meadows, distributor, Station Road Linton Cambs CB1 6UX UK tel: +44 1223 893855, +44 1223 893852 (fax); 1998.
OphthalmologyVitreoretinal Disease: The Essentials
edited by Carl D. Regillo, Gary C. Brown, and Harry W. Flynn, Jr, 693 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 0-86577-761-6, New York, NY, Thieme, 1999.
PathologyA Critical Review of Apoptosis in Historical Perspective
by Marcella Malmusi and A. Bernard Ackerman, 127 pp, with illus, ISBN 1-893357-00-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Ardor Scribendi, 1999.
Pathology of Bone and Joint Neoplasms
edited by Timothy R. Helliwell (Major Problems in Pathology, vol 37), 411 pp, with illus, $75, ISBN 0-7216-6439-3, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease
by Ramzi S. Cotran, Vinay Kumar, and Tucker Collins, 6th ed, 1425 pp, with illus, $75, ISBN 0-7216-7335-X, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
Primary CareBreast Disease for Primary Care Physicians
by Bernard A. Eskin, Sucha O. Asbell, and Lori Jardines, 173 pp, with illus, $59, ISBN 1-85070-744-8, New York, NY, Parthenon Publishing Group, 1999.
SurgeryAdvanced Neurosurgical Navigation
edited by Eben Alexander III and Robert J. Maciunas, 605 pp, with illus, $189, ISBN 0-86577-767-5, New York, NY, Thieme, 1999.
Principles and Practice of Surgery for the Colon, Rectum, and Anus
by Philip H. Gordon and Santhat Nivatvongs, illustrated by Scott Thorn Barrows, 2nd ed, 1455 pp, with illus, $235, ISBN 1-57626-017-8, St Louis, Mo, Quality Medical Publishing, 1999.
Principles of Neurosurgery
edited by Robert G. Grossman and Christopher M. Loftus, 2nd ed, 841 pp, with illus, $169, ISBN 0-397-51840-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1999.
Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery of the External Genitalia: Adult and Pediatric
edited by Richard M. Ehrlich and Gary J. Alter, 517 pp, with illus, $225, ISBN 0-7216-6328-1, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
Refinements in Facial and Body Contouring
by Luiz S. Toledo, illustrated by Arthur Baldissara, 368 pp, with illus, $215, ISBN 0-397-51600-2, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1999.
Revision Spine Surgery
edited by Joseph Y. Margulies, Max Aebi, and Jean-Pierre C. Farcy, 866 pp, with illus, $195, ISBN 0-8151-4591-8, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.

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