Hormones: A Very Short Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0199672873
- ISBN-13
- 9780199672875
- Series
- Hormones
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 153
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Martin Luck
Description
Martin Luck explains what hormones are, what they do, where they come from and how they work.
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