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Results 1 - 6 of 6 for Billion
  1. Talking to your child about smoking 
    ... the tobacco industry targets kids. Cigarette companies spend billions of dollars each year to try to get ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000873.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Ascariasis 
    ... live 10 to 24 months. An estimated 1 billion people are infected worldwide. Ascariasis occurs in people ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000628.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Common cold 
    ... cold for good reason. There are over one billion colds in the United States each year. You ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000678.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Is It a Cold or Allergy? 
    ... correct answer is colds. There are over one billion colds in the United States each year. You ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/quiz/000678_35.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Lead poisoning 
    ... 2014, health organizations estimated that nearly a quarter billion people worldwide had toxic (poisonous) blood lead levels. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002473.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Ascaris lumbricoides egg (image) 
    ... It is estimated that as many as 1 billion people (one sixth of the world population) may ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2636.htm - Medical Encyclopedia