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Atlas and reference text**Full color photographs from the National Toxicology Program**Coverage of all strains of rats**Organ-by-organ and system-by-system approach**Background incidence data **Detailed descriptive content regarding changes in rat model during research

Psychology for Sustainability, 4th Edition -- known as Psychology of Environmental Problems: Psychology for Sustainability in its previous edition -- applies psychological theory and research to so-called 'environmental' problems, which actually result from human behavior that degrades natural systems. This upbeat, user-friendly edition represents a dramatic reorganization and includes a substantial amount of new content that will be useful to students and faculty in a variety of disciplines—and even to people outside of academia as well.

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