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Gasping for air : how breathing is killing us and what we can do about it
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| 서명/저자사항 | Gasping for air : how breathing is killing us and what we can do about it/ Kevin Glynn, M.D. |
| 개인저자 | Glynn, Kevin,1936- author. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource. |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Glynn, Kevin, 1936- Gasping for air. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 9781442246232 |
| ISBN | 9781442246249 1442246243 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Part I. Worldwide plagues -- The disease medicine never cured (tuberculosis) -- Captains of the men of death (bacterial pneumonia) -- They stacked caskets in the halls (influenza) -- The man in the iron lung (polio) -- Products of parasitic beings (fungal infections) -- Some like it hot (legionnaires' disease) -- The virus with no name (SARS, MERS) -- Part II. Killer air -- Suffocating work (occupational diseases) -- Code red (fires and disasters) -- Cleopatra reincarnate (overdoses and toxins) -- Smoking beagles (tobacco smoking) -- Dad, and the werewolf (lung cancer) -- The lethal brown cloud (atmospheric pollution) -- Part III. Vulnerable breathing -- Panting for air (asthma) -- Lungs that do not collapse (COPD) -- The great masquerader (pulmonary blood clots) -- Cells like elongated crescents (genetic breathing disorders) -- The pump and the bellows (the heart and the lungs) -- To die to sleep (sleep disordered breathing) -- The first breaths (newborn respiratory distress) -- Part IV. Breathing defends -- Around the world on oxygen (respiratory care) -- Thank you for my life (ventilators) -- Part V. Breathing adapts -- I wouldn't want that for myself (ethical dilemmas) -- A science of uncertainty (closing). |
| 요약 | Nearly 40 million Americans are affected by breathing disorders and diseases. Gasping ForAir is the compelling story of the continuous conflict between our need to breathe and the environmental forces that oppose us. |
| 일반주제명 | Respiratory organs --Diseases. Respiratory organs --Diseases --Treatment. Respiratory organs --Diseases. Respiratory organs --Diseases --Treatment. HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine MEDICAL / Diseases MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine MEDICAL / Internal Medicine Respiratory Tract Diseases. |
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