Gravity and the Lung
Subtitle: Lessons from Microgravity (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: August 17, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780824705701
Subjects: Aviation & space medicine; Respiratory medicine; Reduced gravity environments; Medical / Nursing; Medical Physics; Respiratory Diseases; Medical; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Physiology; Cardiology; Medical / Cardiology; Gravity; General; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Lungs; Physiological effect
First sentence: It could be argued that, of all the organs in the body, the lung is the most vulnerable to gravity, increased acceleration, and weightlessness.