chapter 1 The History of Inhaled Drug Therapy -- chapter 2 Basic Principles of Particle Behavior in the Human Respiratory Tract -- chapter 3 Structure and Function of the Respiratory System: Developmental Aspects and Their Relevance to Aerosol Therapy -- chapter 4 In Vitro Testing of Pharmaceutical Aerosols and Predicting Lung Deposition from In Vitro Measurements -- chapter 5 Factors Affecting the Clinical Outcome of Aerosol Therapy -- chapter 6 In Vivo Measurements of Lung Dose -- chapter 7 Targeting the Lungs with Therapeutic Aerosols -- chapter 8 Nebulization: The Device and Clinical Considerations -- chapter 9 New Nebulizer Technology -- chapter 10 The Metered-Dose Inhaler -- chapter 11 Propellants -- chapter 12 Spacer Devices -- chapter 13 Dry-Powder Inhalers -- chapter 14 Compliance with Asthma Medicine.