Oxygen Transport: Principles and Practice

J D Edwards, W C Shoemaker, J-L Vincent; W B Saunders, pounds sterling30, pp 367; ISBN 0-7020-1576-8

During the past decade there has been such an enormous outpouring of publications relating to the cellular biology of oxygen that few, except for enthusiasts, can have kept abreast of the topic.The publication of a concise book such as Oxygen Transport, which extensively reviews and summarises current knowledge, is therefore timely.

The editors have retained balance and perspective by employing a multinational team of authors.The book is divided into two sections. Section one deals with the underlying applied physiology …