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9780791055243

The Respiratory System

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791055243

  • ISBN10:

    0791055248

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-12-01
  • Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
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Summary

Discusses the complex components of the respiratory system as well as information on the conditions to which it most commonly falls prey, like lung cancer and pneumonia.

Table of Contents

Prevention and Education: The Keys to Good Health 5(6)
C. Everett Koop
Foreword 11(2)
Sandra Thurman
Author's Preface: The Respiratory System 13(4)
The Breath of Life
17(12)
How Living Things Breathe
29(8)
The Human Respiratory System
37(6)
How Breathing Happens
43(6)
Where the Action Is
49(8)
What Can Go Wrong?
57(16)
Guarding the Breath of Life
73(14)
On the Horizon
87(6)
Appendix: For More Information 93(2)
Further Reading 95(2)
Glossary 97(5)
Index 102(5)
Picture Credits 107

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Excerpts

The complex components of the respiratory system are explained, as well as information on the conditions to which it most commonly falls prey, like lung cancer and pneumonia.

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