Can I read Vitamin D and the Lung: Mechanisms and Disease Associations (Respiratory Medicine Book 3) on EtoBox?

Vitamin D and the Lung: Mechanisms and Disease Associations (Respiratory Medicine Book 3) by Kumaravel Rajakumar, Michael F. Holick (auth.), Augusto A. Litonjua (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Vitamin D and the Lung: Mechanisms and Disease Associations (Respiratory Medicine Book 3) about?

Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide problem and many associations with diseases are being discovered. Recently, there has been an interest in the role that vitamin D plays in the inception and progression of lung disease. __Vitamin D and the Lung: Mechanisms and Disease Associations__ delivers a concise, evidence-based review of the evidence for a role of vitamin D in various lung disorders. Divided into three sections, the first section of the book delivers a review of how vitamin D deficiency emerged in human populations, and gives a perspective on how humans evolved to maximize the efficiency of production of vitamin D. The second section of the book reviews aspects of vitamin D mechanisms on different immune cells, lung tissue, and genetics that have potential impact on lung disease. The third section follows with chapters on associations of vitamin D with the risk for viral infections, asthma and allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis, and finally, lung cancer with an emphasis on ongoing research and clinical issues and needs for future research in each field. Written by an international group of expert authors, __Vitamin D and the Lung

Who reads Vitamin D and the Lung: Mechanisms and Disease Associations (Respiratory Medicine Book 3)?

Author

Kumaravel Rajakumar, Michael F. Holick (auth.), Augusto A. Litonjua (eds.)

Publisher

Humana Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781280799716

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Medicine