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Volume 345:624 August 23, 2001 Number 8
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Pulmonary Immunotoxicology

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Edited by Mitchell D. Cohen, Judith T. Zelikoff, and Richard B. Schlesinger. 465 pp., illustrated. Boston, Kluwer Academic, 2000. $175. ISBN 0-7923-7843-1.

When I first looked at the title of this book, I was both pleased and relieved. Pleased that an attempt had been made to consolidate the concepts of pulmonary immunotoxicology. Relieved that now I could turn or refer others to a single source of information about how a pollutant might affect susceptibility to infection, allergies, or other lung diseases associated with the immune system. Thus, I opened this book with great expectations, and for the most part those expectations were met. The editors and authors have done an excellent job of pulling together discussions of complex and diverse topics into . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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