
Publishing Director:
Diane Cerra
Publishing Services Manager:
Edward Wade
Production Editor:
Howard Severson
Design, illustration, and composition:
Charles Poynton
Editorial Coordinator:
Mona Buehler
Cover Design:
Frances Baca
Copyeditor:
Robert Fiske
Proofreader:
Sarah Burgundy
Printer:
The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group
Cover images:
Close-up of woman/Eyewire; Circuit connection/Artville;
Medical prespectives/Picture Quest
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