The Lung Scientific Foundations

he Second Edition of this renowned text distills the vast amount of current research on structure, function, injury and repair into a single, logically organized source. More than two hundred chapters, (thirty-five new), present state-of-the-art knowledge on the pulmonary processes, the lung in health and disease, and normal and abnormal cell growth. Coverage also includes: lung components; morphology; pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology; structure and function; lung injury, defense, and repair; and much more. More than 1,500 high-quality micrographs, charts and photographs highlight important points throughout