Intended as an extension, rather than a revision, of the previous editions, Toxicology of the Lung, Fourth Edition provides the most up-to-date treatment of inhalation toxicology that treats the subject from a target organ perspective. Seventeen of the eighteen chapters are contributed by entirely new authors, leading international authorities in their respective specialties. As with the previous editions, this book presents the latest advances in the understanding of how the lung responds to airborne contaminants. It ...
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Intended as an extension, rather than a revision, of the previous editions, Toxicology of the Lung, Fourth Edition provides the most up-to-date treatment of inhalation toxicology that treats the subject from a target organ perspective. Seventeen of the eighteen chapters are contributed by entirely new authors, leading international authorities in their respective specialties. As with the previous editions, this book presents the latest advances in the understanding of how the lung responds to airborne contaminants. It discusses the assessment of nanomaterials, pulmonary administration of new therapeutics, health effects of inhaled particulate matter from diesel exhaust, and respiratory genomics.
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Textual photos, graphs, tables. Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, xii, 667 pp, Series: Target Organ Toxicology Series. Contents: Inhalation Exposure Systems Design, Methods & Operation; Comparative Structure, Function, & Toxicity of the Nasal Airways: Predicting Human Effects from Animal Studies; Metabolism of Xenobiotics by the Respiratory Tract; Acute Lung Injury in Response to Toxicologic Exposures; Cytokines & Regulation of Pulmonary Inflammation; Recent Advances in the Immunology of the Lung; Structure-Activity Models of Chemically Induced Pulmonary Hypersensitivity; Pulmonary Reactions & Mechanisms of Toxicity of Inhaled Fibers; Chronic Inhalation Bioassays for Respiratory-Tract Carcinogenesis; Carcinogenicity & Genotoxicity of Inhaled Substances; Ambient Airborne Particulate Matter: Toxicology & Standards; Space Toxicology: Assessing Human Health Hazards During Spaceflight; Critical Health Issues of Criteria Air Pollutants; The Epidemiological Approach to Investigating Indoor & Outdoor Air Pollution; Environmental Asthma; Clinical Studies of Airborne Pollution; Mechanisms & Models for Respiratory-Tract Uptake of Volatile Organic Chemicals; Dosimetry of Particles in Laboratory Animals & Humans; Regional Respiratory-Tract Absorption of Inhaled Reactive Gases: A Modelling Approach; Developing Risk Assessment for Airborne Materials.
