Inhaled Particles and Vapours II.

Fülszöveg

Contents of this book
The subject of this volume is broken down into the following sections:
Lung anatomy and physiology. Changes in the lung airways due to dust. The specific action of silica upon the lung. Effects of miscellaneous dusts. Lung clearance in animals. Dust deposition and clearance in the human lungs. Dust content of human lungs. The relationship of dust content to lung disease. Airborne dust and sampling.
Interesting experimental techniques which are applied include the following: The measurement of air velocity and the flow of mucus in the human nose. The quick-freeze method of fixing animal lung tissue so that changes in the size of airways can be noted. The measurement of histamine in lung tissue. Quantitative recording of collagen formation. Demonstration of the cytotoxicity of silica. The isolation of lung macrophages.
Recent conclusions about the action of polyvinylpyridine-iV-oxide in inhibiting silicosis are explained and the stimulation of macrophage... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Contents of this book
The subject of this volume is broken down into the following sections:
Lung anatomy and physiology. Changes in the lung airways due to dust. The specific action of silica upon the lung. Effects of miscellaneous dusts. Lung clearance in animals. Dust deposition and clearance in the human lungs. Dust content of human lungs. The relationship of dust content to lung disease. Airborne dust and sampling.
Interesting experimental techniques which are applied include the following: The measurement of air velocity and the flow of mucus in the human nose. The quick-freeze method of fixing animal lung tissue so that changes in the size of airways can be noted. The measurement of histamine in lung tissue. Quantitative recording of collagen formation. Demonstration of the cytotoxicity of silica. The isolation of lung macrophages.
Recent conclusions about the action of polyvinylpyridine-iV-oxide in inhibiting silicosis are explained and the stimulation of macrophage production by silica is studied. New ideas on estimating radiation hazards due to inhaled radioactive dusts are worked out. The latest work on dust deposition in the human lungs is reported.
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Inhaled Particles and Vapours II
Proceedings of an International Symposium organized by the British Occupational Hygiene Society, at Cambridge
Edited by C. N. Davles
In the early part of 1960 the first International Symposium on inhaled particles and vapours was held at Oxford, and the Proceedings were subsequently published under the title of Inhaled Particles and Vapours I. This present volume II presents the Proceedings of a second symposium, held at Cambridge and attended by some 300 persons. The period which has elapsed since the first occasion is a comparatively short one so far as scientific development in the specific field covered is concerned. In consequence the progress recorded derives closely from the activities originally covered, and the first volume can therefore be referred to with benefit in conjunction with the second one.
In addition, a valuable fund of information is contained in the pages of Inhaled Particles and Vapours //and the important, varied and interesting nature of the forty-eight papers presented can be appreciated from study of their titles listed in the index of contents, and summarized on the back cover of this jacket.
This volume will provide up-to-date information about the breathing of foreign substances to a wide range of readers including industrial hygienists, pathologists and lung physiologists. It will be essential reading for research workers, students and university staff in the fields of atmospheric pollution, lung cancer, cross infection, pneumoconioses and fungal infections, while practitioners who deal with agricultural, veterinary and other occupational diseases will find it invaluable. 2680
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