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Self-Management of Asthma
LUNG BIOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Executive Editor
Claude Lenfant
Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
1. Immunologic and Infectious Reactions in the Lung, edited by Charles H. Kirkpatrick and Herbert Y. Reynolds
2. The Biochemical Basis of Pulmonary Function, edited by Ronald G. Crystal
3. Bioengineering Aspects of the Lung, edited by John B. West
4. Metabolic Functions of the Lung, edited by Y. S. Bakhle and John R. Vane
5. Respiratory Defense Mechanisms (in two parts), edited by Joseph D. Brain, Donald F. Proctor, and Lynne M. Reid
6. Development of the Lung, edited by W. Alan Hodson
7. Lung Water and Solute Exchange, edited by Norman C. Staub
8. Extrapulmonary Manifestations of Respiratory Disease, edited by Eugene Debs Robin
9. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, edited by Thomas L. Petty
10. Pathogenesis and Therapy of Lung Cancer, edited by Curtis C. Harris
11. Genetic Determinants of Pulmonary Disease, edited by Stephen D. Litwin
12. The Lung in the Transition Between Health and Disease, edited by Peter T. Macklem and Solbert Permutt
13. Evolution of Respiratory Processes: A Comparative Approach, edited by Stephen C. Wood and Claude Lenfant
14. Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, edited by Kenneth M. Moser
15. Physiology and Pharmacology of the Airways, edited by Jay A. Nadel
16. Diagnostic Techniques in Pulmonary Disease (in two parts), edited by Marvin A. Sackner
17. Regulation of Breathing (in two parts), edited by Thomas F. Hornbein
18. Occupational Lung Diseases: Research Approaches and Methods, edited by Hans Weill and Margaret Turner-Warwick
19. Immunopharmacology of the Lung, edited by Harold H. Newball
20. Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Diseases of the Lung, edited by Barry L. Fanburg
21. Sleep and Breathing, edited by Nicholas A. Saunders and Colin E. Sullivan
22. Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment, edited by Lowell S. Young
23. Pulmonary Nuclear Medicine: Techniques in Diagnosis of Lung Disease, edited by Harold L. Atkins
24. Acute Respiratory Failure, edited by Warren M. Zapol and Konrad J. Falke
25. Gas Mixing and Distribution in the Lung, edited by Ludwig A. Engel and Manuel Paiva
26. High-Frequency Ventilation in Intensive Care and During Surgery, edited by Graziano Carlon and William S. Howland
27. Pulmonary Development: Transition from Intrauterine to Extrauterine Life, edited by George H. Nelson
28. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, edited by Thomas L. Petty
29. The Thorax (in two parts), edited by Charis Roussos and Peter T. Macklem
30. The Pleura in Health and Disease, edited by Jacques Chrtien, Jean Bignon, and Albert Hirsch
31. Drug Therapy for Asthma: Research and Clinical Practice, edited by John W. Jenne and Shirley Murphy
32. Pulmonary Endothelium in Health and Disease, edited by Una S. Ryan
33. The Airways: Neural Control in Health and Disease, edited by Michael A. Kaliner and Peter J. Barnes
34. Pathophysiology and Treatment of Inhalation Injuries, edited by Jacob Loke
35. Respiratory Function of the Upper Airway, edited by Oommen P. Mathew and Giuseppe SantAmbrogio
36. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Behavioral Perspective, edited by A. John McSweeny and Igor Grant
37. Biology of Lung Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by Steven T. Rosen, James L. Mulshine, Frank Cuttitta, and Paul G. Abrams
38. Pulmonary Vascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, edited by E. Kenneth Weir and John T. Reeves
39. Comparative Pulmonary Physiology: Current Concepts, edited by Stephen C. Wood
40. Respiratory Physiology: An Analytical Approach, edited by H. K. Chang and Manuel Paiva
41. Lung Cell Biology, edited by Donald Massaro
42. HeartLung Interactions in Health and Disease, edited by Steven M. Scharf and Sharon S. Cassidy
43. Clinical Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, edited by Michael J. Hensley and Nicholas A. Saunders
44. Surgical Pathology of Lung Neoplasms, edited by Alberto M. Marchevsky
45. The Lung in Rheumatic Diseases, edited by Grant W Cannon and Guy A. Zimmerman
46. Diagnostic Imaging of the Lung, edited by Charles E. Putman
47. Models of Lung Disease: Microscopy and Structural Methods, edited by Joan Gil
48. Electron Microscopy of the Lung, edited by Dean E. Schraufnagel
49. Asthma: Its Pathology and Treatment, edited by Michael A. Kaliner, Peter J. Barnes, and Carl G. A. Persson
50. Acute Respiratory Failure: Second Edition, edited by Warren M. Zapol and Francois Lemaire
51. Lung Disease in the Tropics, edited by Om P. Sharma
52. Exercise: Pulmonary Physiology and Pathophysiology, edited by Brian J. Whipp and Karlman Wasserman
53. Developmental Neurobiology of Breathing, edited by Gabriel G. Haddad and Jay P. Farber
54. Mediators of Pulmonary Inflammation, edited by Michael A. Bray and Wayne H. Anderson
55. The Airway Epithelium, edited by Stephen G. Farmer and Douglas Hay
56. Physiological Adaptations in Vertebrates: Respiration, Circulation, and Metabolism, edited by Stephen C. Wood, Roy E. Weber, Alan R. Hargens, and Ronald W Millard
57. The Bronchial Circulation, edited by John Butler
58. Lung Cancer Differentiation: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by Samuel D. Bernal and Paul J. Hesketh
59. Pulmonary Complications of Systemic Disease, edited by John F. Murray
60. Lung Vascular Injury: Molecular and Cellular Response, edited by Arnold Johnson and Thomas J. Ferro
61. Cytokines of the Lung, edited by Jason Kelley
62. The Mast Cell in Health and Disease, edited by Michael A. Kaliner and Dean D. Metcalfe
63. Pulmonary Disease in the Elderly Patient, edited by Donald A. Mahler
64. Cystic Fibrosis, edited by Pamela B. Davis
65. Signal Transduction in Lung Cells, edited by Jerome S. Brody, David M. Center, and Vsevolod A. Tkachuk
66. Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive International Approach, edited by Lee B. Reichman and Earl S. Hershfield
67. Pharmacology of the Respiratory Tract: Experimental and Clinical Research, edited by K. Fan Chung and Peter J. Barnes
68. Prevention of Respiratory Diseases, edited by Albert Hirsch, Marcel Goldberg, Jean-Pierre Martin, and Roland Masse
69. Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, edited by Peter D. Walzer
70. Fluid and Solute Transport in the Airspaces of the Lungs, edited by Richard M. Effros and H. K. Chang
71. Sleep and Breathing: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, edited by Nicholas A. Saunders and Colin E. Sullivan
72. Airway Secretion: Physiological Bases for the Control of Mucous Hypersecretion, edited by Tamotsu Takishima and Sanae Shimura
73. Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders, edited by D. Geraint James
74. Epidemiology of Lung Cancer, edited by Jonathan M. Samet
75. Pulmonary Embolism, edited by Mario Morpurgo
76. Sports and Exercise Medicine, edited by Stephen C. Wood and Robert C. Roach
77. Endotoxin and the Lungs, edited by Kenneth L. Brigham
78. The Mesothelial Cell and Mesothelioma, edited by Marie-Claude Jaurand and Jean Bignon
79. Regulation of Breathing: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, edited by Jerome A. Dempsey and Allan I. Pack
80. Pulmonary Fibrosis, edited by Sem Hin Phan and Roger S. Thrall
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