TY - BOOK AU - Spina,Domenico TI - Drugs for the treatment of respiratory diseases SN - 9780511545696 (ebook) AV - RC756 .D784 2003 U1 - 616.2/4061 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Lungs KW - Diseases KW - Chemotherapy KW - Respiratory agents N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) N2 - Respiratory diseases affect millions of people each year and represent a major health burden around the world. This timely reference surveys and evaluates the drug treatments available for the main categories of lung diseases including asthma, tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and respiratory infections. The recent re-emergence of tuberculosis and the increase in asthma in certain populations underlines the importance of finding effective new treatments for these diseases. This publication, a comprehensive reference, is one of the first to survey current and novel drug treatments for this group of diseases. It is certain to establish itself as an essential source of reference for respiratory physicians, clinicians and clinical pharmacologists UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511545696 ER -