Air pollutants and the respiratory tract. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by W. Michael Foster, Daniel L. Costa.
• Other Names: Foster, W. Michael, 1945-; Costa, Daniel L
• Contents: 1. Air pollution and health effects : evidence from epidemiologic studies / Annette Peters and Douglas W. Dockery -- 2. Particulate dosimetry in the respiratory tract / William D. Bennett and James S. Brown -- 3. Bioavailability of particle-associated air pollutants and relationship to cardiopulmonary injury / Urmila P. Kodavanti and William P. Watkinson -- 4. Genetic susceptibility factors in the cardiopulmonary response to air pollution / Terry Gordon -- 5. Air pollutants, epithelial surfaces, and lung disease / Jeffrey G. Sherman [and others] -- 6. Irritant agonists and air pollutants : neurologically mediated respiratory and cardiovascular responses / Stephen H. Gavett, Marian Kollarik, and Bradley J. Undem -- 7. Signal transduction and cytokine expression in particulate matter (PM)-induced airway remodeling / Dianne M. Walters and James C. Bonner -- 8. Chronic exposure and susceptibility to oxidant air pollutants / Ira B. Tager -- 9. Pulmonary toxicity of occupational and environmental exposures to fibers and nano-sized particulate / David B. Warheit -- 10. Biological airborne pollutants / Harriet A. Burge -- 11. Combustion emissions : contribution to air pollution, human exposure and risk to cancer, and related effects / Joellen Lewtas -- 12. Air pollution, public health, and regulatory considerations / Morton Lippmann.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 447 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.2/00471; Pulmonary toxicology; Air -- Pollution; Respiratory System -- drug effects; Air Pollutants -- adverse effects; Air Pollutants -- metabolism; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- chemically induced; Risk Assessment; Toxicologie pulmonaire; Air -- Pollution; MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Respiratory; Air -- Pollution; Pulmonary toxicology; Longen; Luchtverontreiniging; Toxicologie; Poluição atmosférica; Epidemiologia analítica; Doenças respiratórias (mortalidade); Doenças respiratórias (epidemiologia); Doenças respiratórias (genética); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420028348; 1420028340
• Related ISBNs: 0824723732
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.