Hormones : injury, illness and health /
by Steve Parker.
- Oxford : Heinemann Library, c2003.
- 48 p. : col. ill., col. ports ; 28 cm.
- Body Focus .
- Body Focus .
Includes glossary. Includes index.
The hormonal system -- What is a hormone? -- Hormones and feedback -- Hormones and health -- Chief hormonal gland -- Anterior pituitary -- Posterior pituitary -- Pituitary problems -- Thyroid hormones -- Parathyroids -- Thyroid disorders -- The thymus --- Hormones of the pancreas -- Problems of the pancreas -- Adrenal glands -- Adrenal cortex -- Adrenal medulla -- Hormones and stress -- Adrenal problems -- Other hormones.