TY - JOUR
AU - Meldrum, B. S.
AB - cyclase activation by catecholamines (O. M. Rosen & J. Erlichman); and international level, to be replaced by the wider concept of and monoamine oxidase properties and inhibitors (A. J. Sweetman "environmental health", the World Health Organization (WHO), & D . F. Weetman). in its silver jubilee year, has produced this up-to-date handbook The value of teaching physiology and biochemistry by direct as a guide to the ever-increasing range of topics that may be practical experimentation is often hotly contested, partly because considered under this subject heading. Concern with environ- of the expense and complexity of experiments on mammals. mental factors in relation to health has always formed a large part It is to be hoped that this volume, with its bias towards invertebrate of WHO'S work, and a glance through the titles of the 33 chapters, preparations, will further draw attention to the great variety and dealing with air, water, food, soil, insects, the home, occupation, heuristic potential of these relatively simple yet instructive systems. transport, mental illness, carcinogens, radiation, noise, epidemio- For stimulating a student's interest there is no substitute for an logy, communicable diseases, nutrition, malformations, drug experiment that "works"—these volumes provide an expanding reactions and many 
TI - Book Reviews
JF - British Medical Bulletin
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a070999
DA - 1973-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/book-reviews-LVZeZLqf0q
SP - 184
EP - 184
VL - 29
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -