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Springer The Lung in Its Environment 1st Editon 2012 Softbound by G. Bonsignore
This volume documents the proceedings of a symposium on 'Lung in its Environment' held at the Ettore Majorana 'Center for Scientific Culture, in Erice, Sicily, between 16th June and 21st June 1980. This was attended by about 200 participants drawn from Europe as a whole, but the majority were from Southern Europe. The discussion was recorded either in English or Italian and the tapes were reduced to a verbatim typescript by the Ente Nazionale Interpreti Congresso. The verbatim typescript has been edited using a few guiding principles as follows:- 1. Titles and honorifics have been eliminated unless the statement is addressed to a specific person. 2. The style of the speakers in the discussion has been preserved as far as possible and not reduced to a strictly grammatical format. 3. Where references to illustrations (e.g., on the blackboard) are made, the comments have been left unaltered and many are understandable. Removing them detracted from the sense. 4. The air of informality in the proceedings has been preserved so far as possible. 5. The responsibility for the discussion rests solely with the editors, and no contributor has had the opportunity of correcting what he said. 6. No manuscript was received from two participants, but the discussion of their presentations has been included since it contains some points of substance. 7. Pre- and Postnatal Growth of the Human Lung.- Discussion of Paper by Cosmi.- Protective Mechanisms of the Respiratory Tract.- Alveolar Clearance and Lung Lymphatics.- The Normal Structure of Bronchial Epithelium.- The Function of the Respiratory Tract Cilia.- Defensive Mechanisms of the Upper Airways.- Afferent Activity and Reflex Effects Evoked from the Tracheo-Bronchial Tree.- Mineralogical and Biochemical Analysis of Lung Washing Fluid from Patients Exposed to Asbestos.- Immunology and the Lung.- Clinical Aspects of Type III Immunity.- Maps of Pulmonary Risk: Possibilities and Prospectives.- Discussion of Paper by Fiocco.- The Particulates in the Atmosphere and Their Intrapulmonary Deposition.- Bronchial Hyperreactivity.- Follow-up in Occupational Respiratory Diseases.- The Air-Blood Barrier.- The Effects of Irritation on the Structure of Bronchial Epithelium.- Interaction Between Mineral Fibres and Pulmonary Cells.- Effect of Acceleration and Weightlessness on Lung Mechanics.- The Effect of Pressure on the Lungs.- Water Vapour Handling in the Airways.- Pollution in Confined Environments.- Drug Induced Hypersensitivity and Paraquat.- The Metabolism of Chemicals by the Lung.- The Lung at High Altitude.- Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Fibrosis due to Asbestos and Silica.- Respiratory Diseases in Farmers.- Injury by Isocyanates.- Detection of Circulating Immune Complexes in Atopic Patients.