http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
1 online resource (xi, 428 pages) : illustrations
This new book provides an accessible review of the field of lung biology and disease aimed at the graduate or medical student and biomedical researcher. The book starts by considering the anatomy and ultrastructure of the lung and the tracheal and bronchial system, the control of respiration as well as the fundamentals of pulmonary physiology, gas exchange and circulation. This is followed by discussion of the regulation of acid-base balance, high altitude physiology and pathophysiology as well as exercise and the pulmonary system. Chapters follow on the immunology of the lung, lung injury, asthma and emphysema, granulomatous lung disease, inhalation of toxic substances as well as diseases of the small airways. The final chapter considers current research into lung transplantation.
Anatomy and Ultrastructure of the Lung / Nai-San Wang -- Biology of Mammalian Airway Epithelium / J.H. Widdicombe -- Alveolar Surfactant / John L. Harwood, Llinos W. Morgan, and Tanya Greatrex -- Regulation of the Airway Caliber / James R. Sheller -- Receptors and Reflexes of the Respiratory Tract / Giuseppe Sant'ambrogio -- The Control of Respiration / Gabriel G. Haddad -- Arterial Chemoreceptors / Constancio Gonzalez [and others] -- The Respiratory Muscles in Health and Disease / Andre de Troyer -- Mechanics of Respiration / Bernhard F. Muller -- The Physiology and Pathophysiology of Gas Exchange / Brian J. Whipp -- The Pulmonary Circulation in Health and Disease / Martin Tristani-Firouzi, Stephen L. Archer, and E. Kenneth Weir -- Regulation of Lung Water : Role of the Bronchial Circulation / Nirmal B. Charan and Paula Carvalho -- Airway Wall Liquid in Health and Disease / Deborah Yager -- Correlations Between the Pulmonary Circulation and Gas Exchange in Health and Disease / Bryan E. Marshall, H. Frederick Frasch, and Carol Marshall -- Respiratory Regulation of Acid-Base Balance in Health and Disease / Eugene E. Nattie -- Exercise and Breathing in Health and Disease / M. Younes -- High-Altitude Physiology and Pathophysiology / John T. Reeves -- Lung Immunology and Host Defense / Keith C. Meyer -- Acute Lung Injury / Barbara A. Cockrill and Homayoun Kazemi -- Asthma / Peter J. Barnes -- Pathobiology of Emphysema / Gordon L. Snider -- Inhaled Noninfectious Toxicants and Their Effects on the Lung / Dean E. Schraufnagel, Suman Goel, and Nai-San Wang.
Includes bibliographical references and index.