Presents a history of the beginnings, development and impact of the American College of Sports Medicine. This book is a record of how individuals from different fields have retained a common focus.

This comprehensive exercise testing and prescription text provides coverage of tness assessment concepts, hands-on prescription applications, and thorough preparation for ACSM certi cation exams. Exercise testing and prescription are presented within a health-related context that provides the latest research ndings on exercise and nutrition, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and aging.

Developed through the expertise of the American College of Sports Medicine, this book aims to establish comprehensive standards and guidelines for the quality operation of health/fitness facilities.

A collection of papers presented at the 1997 International Sport Medicine Congress in Hong Kong, incorporating the FIMS-WHO Consensus Symposium on Sports and Children - p. vii.

Hardbound. A vast amount of information, including abbreviations of medical terms used in the field of anatomy, bacteriology, biology, chemistry, medicine (human and veterinary), pathology, pharmacology, etc., has been meticulously catalogued since work on the project started in 1979 from medical journals, scientific dictionaries and encyclopedias, and compilations of medical abbreviations published in the US and other countries. Over 20,000 entries have been included, with especially detailed itemization of the chemical elements, hormones, insulins, kidney function tests, pulmonary function tests, serological tests for syphilis, symbols used in various disciplines, such as biology, calculation, chemistry, Greek alphabet, medicine and pharmacy, numeration and signs of the zodiac, the vitamins, etc. Besides these, under their respective headings different names, scientific and otherwise, have been catalogued for drugs such as amphetamine, cocaine, heroin,