By Jacques Chrétien, Daniel Dusser
This single-source reference offers present wisdom of the mechanisms of airway harm and service in accordance with environmental elements reminiscent of chemical substances, infectious brokers, pollutants, mechanical irritants, and poisonous brokers.
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The conducting airways are subject to a variety of injuries depending on their structural dimensions and the composition of their walls, which change with distance from the larynx. Certain elements in the airway walls, such as the cartilage and the submucosal glands, diminish progressively and gradually disappear, with the cell lining and the epithelial functions changing concomitantly (see Chapter 2). This mucosal surface is an important target zone, as it is in direct contact with airborne substances.
Research Associate, Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Juan S. D. D. D. D. D. D. Path. Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Host Defence Unit, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Imperial College, Royal Brampton National Heart and Lung Institute, London, England James D. D. Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Claire J.
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