Allergies

By Barbara Sheen and Barbara Sheen Busby

Allergies are the sixth leading cause of chronic illness in America, with an annual cost in excess of eighteen billion dollars. Author Barbara Sheen provides young readers and researchers a means of understanding allergic diseases. Straightforward explanations offer insight into what specific conditions are, what causes them, how people live with them, and the latest information about treatment and prevention. Young researchers will appreciate the fast facts imparted by sidebars, and colorful charts and graphs.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420500392
• ISBN13: 9781420500394
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Lucent Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10