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CURRENT BOOKS OF INTEREST TO CLINICAL CHEMISTS
NOTICE
The 9th International Congress on Clinical Chemistry will be held in Toronto, Ontario, July 13-18, 1975, at the new Four Seasor~s Sheraton Hotel. The Congress will offer exceptional opportunities for contact with new scientific and technical advances in this field, as well as the chance of exciting vacation travel in Canada and the United States of America. A full social program for members and associate members is also being planned. Please keep this date in mind 1975.
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A n advance brochure will be distributed to National Societies early in 1974, but others Who are interested m a y obtain a brochure on application to Dr. F. H. Sims, Chairman of the Publicity Committee, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
REFERENCE VALUES IN H U M A N CHF_aMISTRY : Effects of analytical and individual variations, food intake, drugs and toxics applications in preventive medicine. Proceedings of the 2nd International Colloquium, October 197'2. Editor: Siest, G. Publishers: S. Karger AG, Basel (Switzerland). Price: $40.00. The information in this book is a very valuable addition to the operating library of the large hospital Clinical Chemistry laboratory. Not only is the often unrecognized effect of circadian variation taken into account as it affects biochemical measurement, but there are also
valuable chapters on the effects of drugs on these constituents. Other interesting chapters, deal with the effects of exercise, food intake, etc. on blood levels. D. J. CAMPS~L, Ph.D., Editor.
REVIEWERS R. D. Baynton, Calgary Medical Laboratory, Calgary, Alberta. M. Bernstein, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia. E. C. Cameron, G. F. Strong Laboratory, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia. G. R. Gray, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia. C. K. Harris, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia. J. Hill, University Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta. E. K. Mincey, Vancouver General Hospital, Vnacouver, British Columbia. W . F. Perry, Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba. W. J. Poznanski, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario. J. D. E. Price, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia. R. A. Rockerbie, Vancouver, British Columbia. D. B. Tonks, Mnotreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec. K. A. Walker, University Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta.