Pulmonary Medicine

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.

Year introduced: 2009 (1989)

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Tree Number(s): H02.403.429.675

MeSH Unique ID: D015272

Entry Terms:

• Respiratory Medicine
• Medicine, Respiratory
• Pneumology
• Pneumonology
• Medicine, Pulmonary
• Pulmonology

Previous Indexing:

• Internal Medicine (1966-1988)
• Lung Diseases (1966-1988)

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Health Occupations
Medicine
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine