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Abstract
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. It is especially concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and defects of the lungs and bronchial tree.
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Synonyms
6 entry terms
- Medicine, Pulmonary
- Pneumology
- Pneumonology
- Pulmonology
- Respiratory Medicine
- Medicine, Respiratory
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Aspects Covered
12 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
specialty only; do not confuse with LUNG DISEASES
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History Note
2009 (1989)
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Previous Indexing
- Internal Medicine (1966-1988)
- Lung Diseases (1966-1988)
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WF 21
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015272. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015272
- Pulmonary Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonology
- Pulmonary Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203337