The Lung in Its Environment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Pre- and Postnatal Growth of the Human Lung

   • D. G. Fagan

   Pages 1-20

3. Discussion

   • G. Bonsignore, G. Cumming

   Pages 21-26

4. Protective Mechanisms of the Respiratory Tract

   • P. S. Richardson

   Pages 27-41

5. Alveolar Clearance and Lung Lymphatics

   • Bryan Corrin

   Pages 43-56

6. The Normal Structure of Bronchial Epithelium

   • Peter K. Jeffery

   Pages 57-80

7. The Function of Respirator Tract Cilia

   • M. J. Sanderson, M. A. Sleigh

   Pages 81-120

8. Defensive Mechanisms of the Upper Airways

   • John Widdicombe

   Pages 121-134

9. Afferent Activity and Reflex Effects Evoked from the Tracheobronchial Tree

   • Giuseppe Sant’Ambrogio

   Pages 135-157

10. Mineralogical and Biochemical Analysis of Lung Washing Fluid from Patients Exposed to Asbestos

    • Jean Bignon, Marie-Claude Jaurand, Patrick Sebastien

    Pages 159-183

11. Immunology and the Lung

    • Margaret Turner-Warwick

    Pages 185-194

12. Clinical Aspects of Type III Immunity

    • C. Molina

    Pages 195-209

13. Maps of Pulmonary Risk: Possibilities and Prospectives

    • E. Zecca

    Pages 211-230

14. Discussion

    • G. Bonsignore, G. Cumming

    Pages 231-233

15. The Particulates in the Atmosphere and their Intrapulmonary Deposition

    • Vittorio Prodi, Carlo Melandri, Giuseppe Tarroni

    Pages 235-266

16. Bronchial Hyperreactivity

    • G. Bonsignore, A. Rizzo, V. Bellia

    Pages 267-282

17. Follow-Up in Occupational Respiratory Diseases

    • Emanuele Capadaglio

    Pages 283-290

18. The Air-Blood Barrier

    • Bryan Corrin

    Pages 291-302

19. The Effects of Irritation on the Structure of Bronchial Epithelium

    • Peter K. Jeffery

    Pages 303-319

20. Interaction Between Mineral Fibres and Pulmonary Cells

    • Jean Bignon, Marie-Claude Jaurand, Patrick Sebastien

    Pages 321-342

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.

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• Institute of Respiratory Pathophysiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

  G. Bonsignore

• The Midhurst Medical Research Institute, Midhurst, West Sussex, UK

  G. Cumming

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