Susceptibility to Inhaled Pollutants

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Mark J. Utell, Robert Frank
ASTM International, 1989 - Science - 244 pages

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Contents

An Overview
3
The Influence of Responses in Susceptible Populations in Establishing Standards for Ambient Air Pollutants
6
Species and Individual Variations in Sensitivity to Lung Injury
22
The Potential Use of Immunological Markers in Determining Individuals Susceptible to Inhaled Pollutants
32
Mechanisms of Airway Hyperresponsiveness
47
Overview on Characterizing Study Groups and Their Responses
55
Issues in the Selection of Subjects for Clinical and Epidemiological Studies of Asthma
57
The Distribution of Airways Responsiveness in Populations
68
Childhood Factors Related Potentially to Respiratory Health in Adulthood
141
Susceptibility of Young and Aging Lungs to Inhaled Pollutants
148
Nutritional Status and Oxidants
162
Evaluating Relationships Among Personal Risk Factors Ambient Oxidant Exposure and Chronic Respiratory Illness
174
Respiratory Infection and Oxidants
182
A Selected Review
195
A Review
207
Ozone and Asthma
214

Individual Variability in the Magnitude of Acute Respiratory Responses to Ozone Exposure
75
An Overview
90
Upper Airway Scrubbing at Rest and Exercise
100
Factors Governing Gas Transport in the Lower Airways
111
Aerosol Boluses
127
A Review of the Evidence
218
Susceptibility to Inhaled Pollutants
224
Author Index
232
Subject Index
235
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Page 1 - Included among those persons whose health should be protected by the ambient standard are particularly sensitive citizens such as bronchial asthmatics and emphysematics who in the normal course of daily activity are exposed to the ambient environment...