Nutrition
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781337906371
Author: Sizer, Frances Sienkiewicz., WHITNEY, Ellie
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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The health report presented by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a chartbook presenting trends and current information of morbidity, health risk factors, prevention, mortality, health care utilization, health insurance, andpersonal health care expenditures.
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