Inhalation Studies - Foundations and Techniques (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

This significantly updated and expanded new edition presents the scientific foundations of inhalation research essential to the design and conduct of toxicologic studies. It explores the full range of numerous scientific developments in the field, including recent advances in biology and the rapidly increasing global concerns and studies on particulate air pollution.

Key topics in the "Second Edition" include:

- new developments in the ultrafine particle health effects and concentrated aerosol research

- advances in understanding postnatal lung growth and the deposition and clearance of inhaled particles

- new techniques in toxicity testing

- the explosion of knowledge in the genetic and molecular realms

- the introduction of a large number of transgenic animal models

- updated ethical guidelines for animal testing

- the emergence of aerosol medicine

- the growing threat of aerosol-related terrorism

- increased appreciation of nonpulmonary effects of inhaled substances

- use of medical scanning techniques to study respiratory tract structure

- the introduction of new inhalation exposure systems

- the emergence of aerosol concentrators for use in air pollution studies

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	October 2008
Authors:	Robert F Phalen
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8493-1400-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Physiology > General
LSN:	0-8493-1400-3
Barcode:	9780849314001

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