Prevention of Respiratory Diseases

Albert Hirsch, Roland Masse

Occupational diseases - epidemiology of occupational respiratory hazards - recent advances, J.M. Mur, occupational factors of lung cancer, Paolo Boffetta and Rodolfo Saracci, epidemiology of pleural cancer, J.C. McDonald, occupational factors of upper respiratory tract cancers, Franco Berrino, occupational factors of sinonasal cancers, Annette Leclerc and Daniele Luce, occupational asthma, Jean-Luc Malo, contribution of occupational exposures to the occurrence of chronic nonspecific lung disease, Dick Heederik and Taeke M. Pal, occupational lung cancer - interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental risk factors, Isabelle Stucker et al, measurement of occupational exposure and prevention - principal approaches to research, Marcel Goldberg and Paquerette Goldberg; environmental sources of respiratory diseases - indoor exposure to radon, Margot Tirmarche, pulmonary responses to multipollutant airborne particulate matter and other contaminants, with prevention strategies, Michael D. Lebowitz, prevention of health problems in air-conditioned buildings, Claude Molina, prevention of respiratory diseases from airborne allergens, Denis Charpin and Daniel Vervloet, indoor air quality problems and patient management, James H. Day, prevention of respiratory diseases from indoor and outdoor air pollution, Jonathan M. Samet and John D. Spengler; biological markers - genetic markers in complex diseases, Marie-Helene Dizier and Josue Feingold, protease-antiprotease system, Richard Sesboue and Jean-Pierre Martin, mechanisms of tobacco smoke-induced lung emphysema, Joseph G. Bieth, serum and urinary markers for lung elastin and collagen degradation, D.A. Hartmann et al, cytochrome P450 polymorphisms as markers of genetic risk for lung cancer, P.A. Laurent et al; tobacco and respiratory diseases - respiratory diseases and tobacco epidemiologic methodology, Margaret R. Becklake, adult respiratory diseases and environmental tobacco smoke, Robert E. Dales et al, childhood respiratory diseases and environmental tobacco smoke, Scott Weiss and John Hanrahan, tobacco smoke and bronchial responsiveness, Francine Kauffmann et al, tobacco smoke as a respiratory carcinogen, Dietrich Hoffmann and Ilse Hoffmann, tobacco and lung cancer epidemiology, Simone Benhamou et al, pharmacologic characteristics of tobacco dependence, Caroline Cohen et al, understanding smoking behavior and change - a key to prevention, Karen Slama and Serge Karsenty, role of health professionals in tobacco control, Martin Raw, cessation treatments for respiratory disease patients, Linda L. Pederson, principles of an antitobacco policy for the prevention of respiratory and nonrespiratory diseases, Albert Hirsch and Kjell Bjartveit.