TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Respiratory Disease Prevention
A1  - Coultas, David B.
A1  - Samet, Jonathan M.
A2  - Wallace, Robert B.
Y1  - 2017
N1  - 
T2  - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e
AB  - Diseases  of  the  respiratory  system  are  an  important  public  health  problem  in  all  countries.  The  respiratory  system,  which  includes  the  lungs  and  the  upper  airway  that  joins  the  trachea  to  the  larynx,  is  exposed  to  a  wide  range  of  potentially  injurious  agents  (Table  65-1).  On  average,  an  adult  inhales  about  5  L  of  air  per  minute;  with  exercise,  the  amount  may  increase  20-fold  or  more.  With  10,000–20,000  L  of  air  inhaled  daily,  agents  present  even  in  low  concentrations  may  be  toxic.  The  respiratory  system  is  equipped  with  a  remarkably  effective  system  of  defense  mechanisms  against  inhaled  particles  and  gases.  Disease  may  result,  however,  if  an  acute  exposure  overwhelms  the  defenses  (e.g.,  toxic  gas  inhalation),  if  an  agent  is  particularly  toxic  even  at  low  concentrations  (e.g.,  toluene  diisocyanate),  if  exposure  is  sustained  (e.g.,  cigarette  smoking),  or  if  the  exposed  person  is  particularly  susceptible  (e.g.,  asthmatics).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Medical
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141961249
ER  -