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World Service,23 Dec 2004,22 mins

Lung Disorders

Health Matters

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A report on lung disorders: tuberculosis, lung cancer, pneumonia and other conditions. Lung disorders can produce some of the most frightening symptoms known to humans. In China a third of adult men are expected to develop lung cancer. In many parts of the developing world tuberculosis is still a major cause of lung disease. Pneumonia and asthma are other more treatable causes of lung illness.

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