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Medical Physiology

Medical Physiology

Medical Physiology

David Applin
May 1997
Paperback
9780521556613
£26.99
GBP
Paperback

    Medical Physiology is a concise introductory textbook for advanced school and beginning university students. It discusses a range of medical issues that affect the way we live our lives including infectious and inherited diseases, cancer, and diseases of the respiratory system and kidneys. The functions of the immune system and the brain are studied in some detail, as are the effects on our health of ageing, diet and exercise. The text concludes by discussing recent advances in genetics and biotechnology and their impact on the treatments available for many diseases.

    • A concise introductory textbook for advanced school and beginning university students

    Product details

    May 1997
    Paperback
    9780521556613
    148 pages
    234 × 156 × 8 mm
    0.265kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. What is disease?
    • 2. Understanding the immune system
    • 3. The control of bleeding
    • 4. Heart disease
    • 5. Physiological effects of exercise
    • 6. Food and health
    • 7. Respiratory diseases
    • 8. Kidney failure
    • 9. Fertility and contraception
    • 10. The brain
    • 11. Medical genetics
    • 12. Biotechnology and medicine.
      Author
    • David Applin