The Lung: Development, Aging and The Environment

This unique book provides a concise account, written by world authorities in their fields, of how the mammalian lung grows and matures before birth and how the lungs, and their ability to function well, can be affected by the environment and by genetic factors, both before and after birth. It provides an understanding of the basis of some major lung diseases affecting infants and children. The book also deals with how the lung changes with age, and how the process of lung aging can be affected by the environment.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123247519
• ISBN13: 9780123247513
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.0" x 8.3"