Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Four-Volume Set

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Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Four-Volume Set
(Volume 1-4)
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Geoffrey Laurent (Editor)
Professor and Director of the Centre for Respiratory Research t the Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, U.K.
Steven Shapiro (Editor)
Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Woman’s Hospital, Boston, U.S.A.
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Pub Dare : 2006
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Includes diagrams of uniformly high quality and references to enable readers to access the wider literature

Highly structured through the use of chapter templates

Key four-color illustrations that will be invaluable teaching tools

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An impressive four-volume work that provides an authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the complete field of respiratory medicine. It provides a vital interface between the pure and clinical science environments covering all aspects of respiratory medicine from the relevant molecular biology to the treatment of diseases that affect the respiratory system. It includes comprehensive coverage of lung cells, the structural components of the lung and key molecules that regulate lung function as well as all the major respiratory diseases. Students, researchers and professionals alike will find this an authoritative source of information on all aspects of respiratory medicine.

Also available online via ScienceDirect (2006) – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com.

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TOPICS INCLUDE:
Anatomy and development of the respiratory tract
Anesthesia and surgery
Biologic processes and associated cells and molecules
Defence mechanisms
Diagnostic evaluation
Disorders of the control of breathing
Disorders of the pleura
Disorders of pulmonary circulation
Environmental and occupational disease
Exercise
Infectious diseases
Infiltrative and interstitial lung diseases
Laboratory techniques for studying the lung in health and disease
Lung growth
Lung injury defence and repair
Lung tissues
Manifestations of respiratory disease
Mechanics
Morphogenesis
Neonatal and pediatric lung
Neoplasms
Obstructive diseases
Oxygen delivery
Peripheral gas exchange
Pulmonary circulation and fluid exchange
Pulmonary gas exchange
Respiratory failure
Respiratory manifestations of extrapulmonary disease
Respiratory physiology
Respiratory pharmacology
Sleep