The Aging Lungs

Download or read book The Aging Lungs written by Richard Bucala and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary overview of the aging lung, written by the main researchers in the field. Current physiological, cellular and molecular understanding of how the lungs age and the relationship to age-associated lung diseases will be presented. The contents are aimed at a broad audience of scientists and clinicians with an interest in the respiratory system, pathogenesis of age-associated lung diseases and clinical implications."--