Air pollutants and the respiratory tract
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Air pollutants and the respiratory tract
(Lung biology in health and disease, v. 128)
Marcel Dekker, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work describes the history of the problem of air pollution, traces the mechanisms and current hypotheses explaining the influence of specific air toxics and contaminants on the lung, and outlines opportunities for necessary research. It links indoor and outdoor air pollution with the incidence on lung cancer from an epidemiological perspective.
Table of Contents
- Air pollutants and the environment
- respiratory exposure to air pollutants
- bioavailability of air pollutants
- detecting respiratory tract responses to air pollutants
- effects of irritants
- effects of oxidants
- effects of carcinogens
- effects of fibre aerosols
- biological air pollutants
- controlling exposure to air pollutants -technical and regulatory aspects.
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