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Among other functions, the protects health consumers from the use of the mails for fraudulent purposes.  

A publication listing standard drug formulas. A legally recognized compendium of standards for drugs, published by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., and revised periodically. It includes also assays and tests for the determination of strength, quality and purity. A pharmacopeia issued every 5 years, but with periodic supplements, prepared under the supervision of a…

Now the United States Department of Health and Human Services.  

Established as a result of the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972. The Commission is concerned with reducing injuries associated with consumer products used in the home, schools, and recreational areas. Its authority was expanded by enactment of the Federal Hazardous Substance Act, Flammable Fabrics Act, Poison Prevention Packaging Act, and Refrigerator…

A curricular framework in which a program or subject is divided into various segments or building blocks of study.  

Those functional traits that make a person recognizably different from other persons, personality; ideographic characteristics nomothetic.  

A term applied to an individual who has experienced episodes of clinical depression but not mania.  

An affective disorder in which there is no sudden or dramatic swings between emotional extremes.  

Single units.  

A company or other workplace that operates under a contract between a union and management. New employees are required to join the union within a specified period of time.