Germ proof your kids the complete guide to protecting (without overprotecting) your family from infections

Main Author:	Rotbart, Harley A.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2008.
Subjects:	Microbiology. Infection. Hygiene. Communicable diseases > Microbiology. Bacterial Infections. Virus diseases. Infection Control. Immunity. Pediatrics. Children > Health and hygiene.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: the germ theory versus my mom's theory
Germinology: know your enemy
Germ roots and germ routes: where they come from, where they go, and how they get from here to there
Plagued: a glossary of diseases
Homeland security: our natural defenses against germ invasions
Germinators: antibiotics as miracle and menace
Germinators ii: antivirals, antifungals, anti-parasitics
Vaccine verisimilitude: venerated, vilified, vindicated
Over-the-counter or over-the-top: symptom relief
Sanitary sanity: personal, household, and community hygiene
From the fridge to the fringe: nutrition and nutritional supplements
Miscellaneous momisms: sleep, stress, weather, wardrobe, exercise, and everything else
Prudent paranoia: common sense.