Air Pollutants and the Respiratory Tract

David Swift, W. Michael Foster (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

404 Seiten

1999
Marcel Dekker Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8247-9521-4 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

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.

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Lung Biology in Health and Disease
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 635 g
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• ISBN-10: 0-8247-9521-0 / 0824795210
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8247-9521-4 / 9780824795214
• Zustand: Neuware