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Additional Reading
An overview of the human respiratory system is provided in Jeremy P.T. Ward, Jane Ward, and Richard M. Leach, The Respiratory System at a Glance (2015). Richard S. Fraser et al., A Synopsis of Diseases of the Chest, 3rd ed. (2005), is a textbook covering diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases. Robert J. Mason et al. (eds.), Murray & Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 6th ed. (2016); and Steven E. Weinberger, Barbara A. Cockrill, and Jess Mandel, Principles of Pulmonary Medicine, 6th ed. (2014), are texts in which respiratory pathophysiology is considered from the clinical vantage. Comprehensive texts include Terry Des Jardins and George G. Burton, Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease, 7th ed. (2016); and Robert W. Wilmott et al., Kendig and Chernick’s Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children, 8th ed. (2012).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - The 7 Most Common Types of Respiratory Disease. | Jul 08, 2025 | ||
| Link added. | Apr 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center of Biotechnology Information - Respiratory Diseases of Adults. | Oct 05, 2022 | ||
| Added information on hard-metal pneumoconiosis. | Dec 12, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 16, 2019 | ||
| Updated information on lung transplantation, lung cancer, and drug-resistant tuberculosis. | Jun 27, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jun 27, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 24, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 03, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Health Organization - Respiratory Tract Diseases. | Apr 11, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Chronic Respiratory Conditions Including Asthma and COPD. | Apr 11, 2016 | ||
| Added a video about respiratory disease and air pollution. | Jul 12, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: World Health Organisation - Chronic respiratory diseases. | Jul 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: OSF Healthcare System - Occupational Respiratory Diseases. | Jul 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Pharmaxis - Respiratory Diseases. | Jul 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Health and Age - Respiratory disease. | Jul 18, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 06, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Sep 19, 1998 |