Prevention of Respiratory Diseases (Lung Biology in Health and Disease) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824788508 ISBN 13: 9780824788506

Publisher: CRC Press, 1993

Synopsis

This volume covers advances in the field of respiratory diseases, reflecting the recent and dramatic expansion of knowledge regarding the determinants of respiratory health, screening tests for early pulmonary lesions, therapeutic interventions for respiratory infections and strategies for prevention. It examines indoor and outdoor environmental sources of respiratory diseases, including levels of pollutants, air conditioning, indoor air quality and airborne allergens. Exploring ways to promote the respiratory health of both the individual and the community, Prevention of Respiratory Diseases covers areas including: the role of most of the known extrinsic and potentially preventable determinants in respiratory diseases; developments in epidemiology and children's respiratory health; the relationship between respiratory diseases and occupations; individual sensitivity or susceptibility to the effects of air pollutants; genetic, epidemiological and immunological markers, markers for bronchial cancer and the protease-antiprotease system; and the connection between tobacco smoke and respiratory diseases.;This resource is intended for pulmonologists, clinical immunologists and allergists, oncologists, physiologists, infectious disease specialists, respiratory therapists and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.

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Review:

." . .a timely summary." ---Lung ." . .a useful compendium of information." ---Journal of Occupational Medicine

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0824788508
• ISBN 13: 9780824788506
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 726
• Editor: Hirsch Albert, Goldberg Marcel, Martin Jean-Pierre, Masse Roland