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- Summary
- Nearly 40 million Americans are affected by breathing disorders and diseases. Gasping ForAir is the compelling story of the continuous conflict between our need to breathe and the environmental forces that oppose us
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 270 pages
- Contents
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- Part I. Worldwide plagues. The disease medicine never cured (tuberculosis) ; Captains of the men of death (bacterial pneumonia) ; They stacked caskets in the halls (influenza) ; The man in the iron lung (polio) ; Products of parasitic beings (fungal infections) ; Some like it hot (legionnaires' disease) ; The virus with no name (SARS, MERS)
- Part II. Killer air. Suffocating work (occupational diseases) ; Code red (fires and disasters) ; Cleopatra reincarnate (overdoses and toxins) ; Smoking beagles (tobacco smoking) ; Dad, and the werewolf (lung cancer) ; The lethal brown cloud (atmospheric pollution)
- Part III. Vulnerable breathing. Panting for air (asthma) ; Lungs that do not collapse (COPD) ; The great masquerader (pulmonary blood clots) ; Cells like elongated crescents (genetic breathing disorders) ; The pump and the bellows (the heart and the lungs) ; That sleep of death (sleep-disordered breathing) ; The first breaths (newborn respiratory distress)
- Part IV. Breathing defends. Around the world on oxygen (respiratory care) ; Thank you for my life (ventilators)
- Part V. Breathing adapts. I wouldn't want that for myself (ethical dilemmas) ; A science of uncertainty (closing)
- Isbn
- 9781442246232
- Label
- Gasping for air : how breathing is killing us and what we can do about it
- Title
- Gasping for air
- Title remainder
- how breathing is killing us and what we can do about it
- Statement of responsibility
- Kevin Glynn, MD
- Subject
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- trueLungs
- MEDICAL / Public Health
- trueRespiration
- trueRespiratory organs
- trueRespiratory organs -- Diseases
- Respiratory organs -- Diseases
- Respiratory organs -- Diseases | Treatment
- Respiratory organs -- Diseases | Treatment
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Respiratory
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Nearly 40 million Americans are affected by breathing disorders and diseases. Gasping ForAir is the compelling story of the continuous conflict between our need to breathe and the environmental forces that oppose us
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10599364
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1936-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Glynn, Kevin
- Dewey number
- 616.2
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC736
- LC item number
- .G59 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Respiratory organs
- Respiratory organs
- Respiratory organs
- Respiratory organs
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Respiratory
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living
- MEDICAL / Public Health
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- how breathing is killing us and what we can do about it
- Label
- Gasping for air : how breathing is killing us and what we can do about it, Kevin Glynn, MD
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Contents
- Part I. Worldwide plagues. The disease medicine never cured (tuberculosis) ; Captains of the men of death (bacterial pneumonia) ; They stacked caskets in the halls (influenza) ; The man in the iron lung (polio) ; Products of parasitic beings (fungal infections) ; Some like it hot (legionnaires' disease) ; The virus with no name (SARS, MERS) -- Part II. Killer air. Suffocating work (occupational diseases) ; Code red (fires and disasters) ; Cleopatra reincarnate (overdoses and toxins) ; Smoking beagles (tobacco smoking) ; Dad, and the werewolf (lung cancer) ; The lethal brown cloud (atmospheric pollution) -- Part III. Vulnerable breathing. Panting for air (asthma) ; Lungs that do not collapse (COPD) ; The great masquerader (pulmonary blood clots) ; Cells like elongated crescents (genetic breathing disorders) ; The pump and the bellows (the heart and the lungs) ; That sleep of death (sleep-disordered breathing) ; The first breaths (newborn respiratory distress) -- Part IV. Breathing defends. Around the world on oxygen (respiratory care) ; Thank you for my life (ventilators) -- Part V. Breathing adapts. I wouldn't want that for myself (ethical dilemmas) ; A science of uncertainty (closing)
- Control code
- 1902663
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442246232
- Lccn
- 2016057285
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781442246232
- (OCoLC)967195333
- Label
- Gasping for air : how breathing is killing us and what we can do about it, Kevin Glynn, MD
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Worldwide plagues. The disease medicine never cured (tuberculosis) ; Captains of the men of death (bacterial pneumonia) ; They stacked caskets in the halls (influenza) ; The man in the iron lung (polio) ; Products of parasitic beings (fungal infections) ; Some like it hot (legionnaires' disease) ; The virus with no name (SARS, MERS) -- Part II. Killer air. Suffocating work (occupational diseases) ; Code red (fires and disasters) ; Cleopatra reincarnate (overdoses and toxins) ; Smoking beagles (tobacco smoking) ; Dad, and the werewolf (lung cancer) ; The lethal brown cloud (atmospheric pollution) -- Part III. Vulnerable breathing. Panting for air (asthma) ; Lungs that do not collapse (COPD) ; The great masquerader (pulmonary blood clots) ; Cells like elongated crescents (genetic breathing disorders) ; The pump and the bellows (the heart and the lungs) ; That sleep of death (sleep-disordered breathing) ; The first breaths (newborn respiratory distress) -- Part IV. Breathing defends. Around the world on oxygen (respiratory care) ; Thank you for my life (ventilators) -- Part V. Breathing adapts. I wouldn't want that for myself (ethical dilemmas) ; A science of uncertainty (closing)
- Control code
- 1902663
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442246232
- Lccn
- 2016057285
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781442246232
- (OCoLC)967195333
Subject
- trueLungs
- MEDICAL / Public Health
- trueRespiration
- trueRespiratory organs
- trueRespiratory organs -- Diseases
- Respiratory organs -- Diseases
- Respiratory organs -- Diseases | Treatment
- Respiratory organs -- Diseases | Treatment
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Respiratory
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