1. Air pollution and health effects : evidence from epidemiologic studies / Annette Peters and Douglas W. Dockery -- 2. Particulate dosimetry in the respiratory tract / William D. Bennett and James S. Brown -- 3. Bioavailability of particle-associated air pollutants and relationship to cardiopulmonary injury / Urmila P. Kodavanti and William P. Watkinson -- 4. Genetic susceptibility factors in the cardiopulmonary response to air pollution / Terry Gordon -- 5. Air pollutants, epithelial surfaces, and lung disease / Jeffrey G. Sherman. [et al.] -- 6. Irritant agonists and air pollutants : neurologically mediated respiratory and cardiovascular responses / Stephen H. Gavett, Marian Kollarik, and Bradley J. Undem -- 7. Signal transduction and cytokine expression in particulate matter (PM)-induced airway remodeling / Dianne M. Walters and James C. Bonner -- 8. Chronic exposure and susceptibility to oxidant air pollutants / Ira B. Tager -- 9. Pulmonary toxicity of occupational and environmental exposures to fibers and nano-sized particulate / David B. Warheit -- 10. Biological airborne pollutants / Harriet A. Burge -- 11. Combustion emissions : contribution to air pollution, human exposure and risk to cancer, and related effects / Joellen Lewtas -- 12. Air pollution, public health, and regulatory considerations / Morton Lippmann.