Edited by Philip Harber, Marc B. Schenker, and John R. Balmes. 1038 pp., illustrated. St. Louis, Mosby, 1995. $139. ISBN 0-8016-7728-9.
The respiratory tract is the organ most at the mercy of environmentalfactors because of its requirement for a continuous samplingof air, a need that increases many fold with exercise and work.The skin can be covered and washed, and we have some controlover what enters the gastrointestinal tract. But we have tobreathe the air wherever we are — at work, at home, orat play — and along with it, anything and everything thatis contained in that obligatory environmental sample. It istherefore no surprise that respiratory disease is central toconsiderations of occupational and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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