Ebook: Smoking and the Lung

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Structural Aspects of Cigarette Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Disease....Pages 1-31
The Reflex Effects of Cigarette Smoking....Pages 33-45
Carotid Body Hyperplasia....Pages 47-60
Cocarcinogenic Effect of Tobacco Smoke in Rats....Pages 61-75
The Act of Smoking....Pages 77-93
The Quantitation of Smoke Uptake....Pages 95-112
Physiological Effects of Changing Cigarette Nicotine Yield....Pages 113-127
Proteases and Antiproteases in the Normal Human Lower Respiratory Tract....Pages 129-132
Smoke Induced Modification of Alveolar Macrophage Activity....Pages 133-136
Tobacco Smoke and Alveolar Cell Populations....Pages 137-161
Proteases — Antiproteases in the Lower Respiratory Tract of Patients with Alpha I-Antitrypsin Deficiency and Cigarette Smokers....Pages 163-167
Breathing Other People’s Smoke....Pages 169-183
Passive Smoking....Pages 187-216
Nicotine and the Control of Smoking Behaviour....Pages 217-232
Work and Stress as Motives for Smoking....Pages 233-248
Particulate Deposition in Smoking....Pages 249-285
Elastin-Lysine Derived Cross-Links Structure, Biosthesis, and Relation to Lung Emphysema Pathogenesis....Pages 287-304
Effects of Cigarette Smoke on the Metabolism of Arachidonic Acid and Prostaglandins in Lung....Pages 305-317
The Consequences of Smoking and Smokers at Risk....Pages 319-332
Ciliary Activity in the Respiratory Tract and the Effects of Tobacco Smoke....Pages 333-351
The Gas Phase of Tobacco Smoke and the Development of Lung Disease....Pages 353-380
Changes in Lung Function after Smoking Cessation Interrelationship between Smoking, Lung Function and Bodyweight....Pages 381-395
Chronic Bronchitis and Decline in Pulmonary Function with Some Suggestions on Terminology....Pages 397-419
Does Smoking have any Influence on the Course of Restrictive Lung Disease....Pages 421-441
The Single Breath Nitrogen Test....Pages 443-450
The Relation Between Increased Bronchial Reactivity and Annual Decline in Airway Function in Smokers....Pages 451-469
A Comparison of the Ability of Different Lung Function Tests to Discriminate Asymptomatic Smokers and Non-Smokers....Pages 471-493
Back Matter....Pages 495-504

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Structural Aspects of Cigarette Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Disease....Pages 1-31
The Reflex Effects of Cigarette Smoking....Pages 33-45
Carotid Body Hyperplasia....Pages 47-60
Cocarcinogenic Effect of Tobacco Smoke in Rats....Pages 61-75
The Act of Smoking....Pages 77-93
The Quantitation of Smoke Uptake....Pages 95-112
Physiological Effects of Changing Cigarette Nicotine Yield....Pages 113-127
Proteases and Antiproteases in the Normal Human Lower Respiratory Tract....Pages 129-132
Smoke Induced Modification of Alveolar Macrophage Activity....Pages 133-136
Tobacco Smoke and Alveolar Cell Populations....Pages 137-161
Proteases — Antiproteases in the Lower Respiratory Tract of Patients with Alpha I-Antitrypsin Deficiency and Cigarette Smokers....Pages 163-167
Breathing Other People’s Smoke....Pages 169-183
Passive Smoking....Pages 187-216
Nicotine and the Control of Smoking Behaviour....Pages 217-232
Work and Stress as Motives for Smoking....Pages 233-248
Particulate Deposition in Smoking....Pages 249-285
Elastin-Lysine Derived Cross-Links Structure, Biosthesis, and Relation to Lung Emphysema Pathogenesis....Pages 287-304
Effects of Cigarette Smoke on the Metabolism of Arachidonic Acid and Prostaglandins in Lung....Pages 305-317
The Consequences of Smoking and Smokers at Risk....Pages 319-332
Ciliary Activity in the Respiratory Tract and the Effects of Tobacco Smoke....Pages 333-351
The Gas Phase of Tobacco Smoke and the Development of Lung Disease....Pages 353-380
Changes in Lung Function after Smoking Cessation Interrelationship between Smoking, Lung Function and Bodyweight....Pages 381-395
Chronic Bronchitis and Decline in Pulmonary Function with Some Suggestions on Terminology....Pages 397-419
Does Smoking have any Influence on the Course of Restrictive Lung Disease....Pages 421-441
The Single Breath Nitrogen Test....Pages 443-450
The Relation Between Increased Bronchial Reactivity and Annual Decline in Airway Function in Smokers....Pages 451-469
A Comparison of the Ability of Different Lung Function Tests to Discriminate Asymptomatic Smokers and Non-Smokers....Pages 471-493
Back Matter....Pages 495-504
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