Smoking and the Lung [Paperback]

Structural Aspects of Cigarette Smoke-induced Pulmonary Disease.- The Reflex Effects of Cigarette Smoking.- Carotid Body Hyperplasia.- Cocarcinogenic Effect of Tobacco Smoke in Rats.- The Act of Smoking.- The Quantitation of Smoke Uptake.- Physiological Effects of Changing Cigarette Nicotine Yield.- Proteases and Antiproteases in the Normal Human Lower Respiratory Tract.- Smoke Induced Modification of Alveolar Macrophage Activity.- Tobacco Smoke and Alveolar Cell Populations.- Proteases  Antiproteases in the Lower Respiratory Tract of Patients With Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency and Cigarette Smokers.- Breathing Other Peoples Smoke.- Passive Smoke.- Nicotine and the Control of Smoking Behaviour.- Work and Stress as Motives for Smoking.- Particulate Deposition in Smoking.- Elastin-lysine Derived Cross-Links Structure, Biosynthesis and Relation to Lung Emphysema Pathogenesis.- Effects of Cigarette Smoke on the Matabolism of Arachidonic Acid and Prostaglandins in Lung.- Consequences of Smoking and Smokers at Risk.- Ciliary Activity in the Respiratory Tract and the Effects of Tobacco Smoke.- The Gas Phase of Tobacco Smoke and the Development of Lung Disease.- Changes in Lung Function After Smoking Cessation Interrelationship between Smoking, Lung Function and Bodyweight.- Chronic Bronchitis and Decline in Pulmonary Function with some Suggestions on Terminology.- Does Smoking have any Influence on the Course of Restrictive Lung Disease.- The Single Breath Nitrogen Test.- The Relation between Increased Bronchial Reactivity and Annual Decline in Airway Function in Smokers.- A Comparison of the Ability of Different Lung Function Tests to Discriminate Asymptomatic Smokers and Non-Smokers.Springer Book Archives