With the rapid growth of the nanotechnology industry, the need to understand the biological effects of aerosol exposure has become increasingly important. Compiling information useful for those who study exposure, dosage, and toxicity, this handbook covers a range of topics on indoor, outdoor, industrial, medical, pharmaceutical, and radioactive aerosols. These include dosimetry, deposition modeling of inhaled particles, particle size distribution, biokinetic processes, and the importance of accurate measurements. The handbook also emphasizes the health effects of aerosols. Updated throughout, this second edition contains eight new chapters, including several related to nanoparticles.

Medical and Pharmaceutical Aerosols. Breathing Zone Exposure Assessment. Mechanisms of Particle Deposition. Aerosol Dose. Modeling Deposition of Inhaled Particles. Aerosol Chemistry and Physics: An Indoor Perspective. Chemical Analyses of Particle Filter Deposits. Health Effects of Ambient Ultrafine Particles. Nanoparticle Cell Penetration. High Aspect Ratio Nanomaterials: Characterization and Toxicology. Research and Development of a New Safe Form of Drugs. Bioaerosols. Atmospheric Pollution Related to Climate Change. Health Effects of Metals in Ambient Air Particular Matter. Radioactive Aerosols. Unattached Fraction of Radon Progeny as an Experimental Tool in the Assessment of the Risk of Nanoparticles. Filtration and Sampling of Aerosols by Fibrous Filters. Radioactive Aerosols of Chernobyl Accident. Classical Nucleation Theory: Account of Dependence of the Surface Tension on Curvature and Translation-Rotation Correction Factor. Radioactive Aerosol Standards. Radon and Thoron in the Environment: Concentrations and Lung Cancer Risk. Inhalation of the Long-Lived Radionuclides Uranium, Thorium, and Fallout Plutonium in the Atmosphere. Health Effects of Aerosols: Mechanisms and Epidemiology. Index.