Gender, Sex Hormones and Respiratory Disease: A Comprehensive Guide

Book Overview

Introduction.- 1.Sex Differences in Normal Pulmonary Structure and Function at Rest and during Exercise.- 2.Sex Hormone Signaling In The Lung In Health And Disease: Airways, Parenchyma And Pulmonary Vasculature.- 3.Women and COPD.- 4.Sex, gender, and asthma.- 5.Sex hormones, sex, gender and pulmonary hypertension.- 6.Pulmonary Fibrosis.- 7.Sex-Specific Differences in Lung Cancer.- 8.Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.- 9.Developmental Lung Disease.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319795678
• ISBN13: 9783319795676
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"