Format:
Online Ressource (xvi, 496 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9789882202665
,
9882202667
Content:
"This is the first book to focus on respiratory health and diseases in Asia, where 60% of the world's population reside. In this volume, respiratory health and diseases are presented and discussed with relevance to their unique epidemiology and management in Asia. This informative book is a useful reference equally for medical students, clinicians in training and respiratory specialists."--Jacket
Content:
16. Tuberculosis: Clinical Features in Adults17. Tuberculosis: Diagnosis and Drug Treatment; 18. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Port III -- Environmental and Occupational Lung Diseases; 19. Air Pollution and Lung Health; 20. Smoking and Lung Health; 21. Occupational Airway Diseases; 22. Pneumoconiosis; Part IV -- Neoplasms; 23. Lung Cancer: Epidemiology and Risk Factors; 24. Lung Cancer: Diagnosis and Staging; 25. Lung Cancer: Treatment; Part V Procedures; 26. Lung Transplantation; 27. Minimal Access Thoracic Surgery; 28. Pulmonary Function Testing in Asians; Index.
Content:
Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Part I -- Airway Diseases; 1. Asthma Epidemiology; 2. Asthma Management; 3. Bronchiectasis; 4. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Epidemiology; 5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Pharmacological Treatment; 6. Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation in COPD; 7. Pulmonary Rehabilitation; 8. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery; 9. Diffuse Panbronchiolitis; 10. Obstructive Sleep Apnoea; Psrt II -- Infections; 11.Community Acquired Pneumonia; 12. AIDS and the Lungs; 13. Influenza; 14. Tropical Infections and the Lungs; 15. Tuberculosis: Epidemiology and Surveillance.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
962209693X
Additional Edition:
9789622096936
Additional Edition:
1282703978
Additional Edition:
9781282703971
Additional Edition:
9786612703973
Additional Edition:
6612703970
Additional Edition:
9789622096936
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Respiratory medicine Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2005
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
