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Development, Aging and The Environment
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Edited By
Richard Harding, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Kent Pinkerton, University of California, Davis, USA
Charles Plopper, University of California, Davis, USA
Description
This unique book provides a concise account, written by world authorities in their fields, of how the mammalian lung grows and matures
before birth and how the lungs, and their ability to function well, can be affected by the environment and by genetic factors, both before
and after birth. It provides an understanding of the basis of some major lung diseases affecting infants and children. The book also
deals with how the lung changes with age, and how the process of lung aging can be affected by the environment.
Audience
Graduate and post-graduate respiratory, pulmonary, thoracic scientists and physicians; pediatricians; gerontologists; perinatologists;
pharmacologists; epidemiologists and toxicological, health, environmental regulators.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
CRITICAL EVENTS IN NORMAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
Lung Morphogenesis, role of growth factors and
transcription factors
Development of Airway Epithelium
Development of the Airway Innervation
Development of Alveoli
Development of the
Pulmonary Basement Membrane
Development of the Pulmonary Vascular
Developmental Physiology of the Pulmonary Circulation
Development
of Fluid Transport Across Pulmonary Epithelia
Physical, Endocrine and Growth Factors in Lung Development
Development of the Pulmonary
Surfactant System
Development of the Pulmonary Immune System
Development of Antioxidant and Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzyme Systems
Compensatory
Lung Growth
Pulmonary Transition at Birth
Normal Aging of the Lung
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON LUNG DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
Pulmonary Consequences of Premature Birth
Role of Nutrition in Lung Development Before and After Birth
Influence of High Altitude on
Lung Development and Function
Genetic Factors Involved in Susceptibility to Lung Disease
Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Lung
Development
Nicotine Exposure During Early Development- effects on the lung
Exposure to Allergens During Development
Development of
Atopy in Children
Effects of Air Pollution on Lung Function Development and Asthma Occurence
Environmental Toxicants and Lung Development
in Experimental Models
Repair of Environmental Lung Injury During Development
Effects of Aging, Disease and the Environment on the Pulmonary
Surfactant System
Environmental Determinants of Lung Aging
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 424 pages, publication date: NOV-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-324751-3
ISBN-10: 0-12-324751-9
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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