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Stakeholders
Stakeholders A firm's stakeholders are the individuals, groups, or other organizations that are affected by and also affect the firm's decisions and actions. Depending on the specific firm, stakeholders may include: governmental agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission; social... Read more |
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Health and Safety
Chapter 4: Health and Safety FACTORS AFFECTING CHILDREN'S HEALTHDISEASES OF CHILDHOODMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN YOUNG PEOPLECHILDHOOD DEATHS FACTORS AFFECTING CHILDREN'S HEALTH A variety of factors affect children's health. These range from prenatal influences; access to and quality of... Read more |
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antianxiety drug
antianxiety drug drug administered for the relief of anxiety . Although their action is not fully understood, most antianxiety medications appear to affect the action of neurotransmitters in the brain (see serotonin and norepinephrine ). They may work by affecting the limbic system, that part... Read more |
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disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) (anti-roo-mat-ik) n. a drug used in the treatment of rheumatic disease that affects the progression of the disease by suppressing the disease process. DMARDs include drugs affecting the immune response (immunomodulators), such as immunosuppressants (e.g.... Read more |
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intoxication
intoxication condition of body tissue affected by a poisonous substance. Poisonous materials, or toxins, are to be found in heavy metals such as lead and mercury, in drugs, in chemicals such as alcohol and carbon tetrachloride, in gases such as carbon monoxide, and in radioactive materials. Toxins... Read more |
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Rasmussens Encephalitis
Rasmussen's encephalitis Definition Rasmussen's encephalitis, also termed Rasmussen's syndrome, is a rare degenerative brain disease that initially affects only one side of the brain. It first manifests in childhood with the onset of epileptic seizures . Later, it progresses to paralysis of one... Read more |
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Drugs and Narcotics
DRUGS AND NARCOTICS Drugs are articles that are intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals, and any articles other than food, water, or oxygen that are intended to affect the mental or body function of humans or animals. Narcotics... Read more |
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Lymph node tuberculosis
scrofula (skrof-yoo-lă) n. tuberculosis of lymph nodes, usually those in the neck, causing the formation of abscesses. Treatment with antituberculous drugs is effective. The disease, which is now rare, most commonly affects young children. —scrofulous adj.... Read more |
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