The lung: development, aging and the environment

by Harding, Richard Pinkerton, Kent Ed Plopper, Charles G.

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Title Statements

Full title :The lung : development, aging and the environment / edited by Richard Harding, Kent E. Pinkerton and Charles G. Plopper.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2004.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Academic
Place of Publication:San Diego, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 403 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0123247519, 9780123247513
oclc:on1058120497
LC Classification:RC771
Dewey Decimal:612.2

Preface -- Introduction -- CRITICAL EVENTS IN NORMAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGING -- Lung Morphogenesis, role of growth factors and transcription factors -- Development of Airway Epithelium -- Development of the Airway Innervation -- Development of Alveoli -- Development of the Pulmonary Basement Membrane -- Development of the Pulmonary Vascular -- Developmental Physiology of the Pulmonary Circulation -- Development of Fluid Transport Across Pulmonary Epithelia -- Physical, Endocrine and Growth Factors in Lung Development -- Development of the Pulmonary Surfactant System -- Development of the Pulmonary Immune System -- Development of Antioxidant and Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzyme Systems -- Compensatory Lung Growth -- Pulmonary Transition at Birth -- Normal Aging of the Lung -- ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON LUNG DEVELOPMENT AND AGING -- Pulmonary Consequences of Premature Birth -- Role of Nutrition in Lung Development Before and After Birth -- Influence of High Altitude on Lung Development and Function -- Genetic Factors Involved in Susceptibility to Lung Disease -- Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Lung Development -- Nicotine Exposure During Early Development- effects on the lung…