Toxicology of the lung
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Toxicology of the lung
(Target organ toxicology series)
Raven Press, c1993
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Presents the latest concepts on how the respiratory system responds to toxicants and the most advanced in vivo and in vitro methods and models for assessing the health risks of inhaled gases, vapors, fibres and particles.
Table of Contents
- Methodologies and technology for animal inhalation toxicology studies
- nasal structure, function, and toxicology
- gross morphometry of airways
- cell populations and structure-function relationships of cells in the airways
- morphometric analysis of the gas exchange region of the lung
- three- dimensional analysis of lung structure and its application to pulmonary Dosimetry Models
- Metabolism Of Xenobiotics The Respiratory Tract
- extrapolation of animal data to humans - homology of pulmonary physiological responses with ozone exposure
- biological markers of respiratory tract exposure
- quantitative clinical studies with defined exposure atmospheres
- the epidemiologic approach to investigating indoor and outdoor air pollution
- cellular approaches in respiratory tract toxicology
- pulmonary reactions and mechanisms of toxicity of inhaled fibres
- immunological responses within the lung after inhalation of airborne chemicals
- chemically-induced pulmonary hypersensitivity, airway hyperactivity and asthma
- chronic inhalation bioassays for respiratory tract carcinogenesis
- advances in physiological modelling approaches for understanding the disposition of inhaled vapours
- regional respiratory tract absorption of inhaled reactive gases
- approaches to modelling disposition of inhaled particles and fibres in the lung
- developing risk assessments for airborne materials.
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