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WELCOME to http://www.inhalation.net.  This web site, sponsored by CH Technologies (USA), Inc. (http://www.inhalation.org  and www.toxics.com), offers a forum where interested scientists may access technical information concerning inhalation toxicology, chemical pathology, lung biology and related topics. An e-mail notice alerting you to new information on this site is sent periodically. An e-mail subscription to this alerting service is available on request. The text of the current and past newsletters is found under newsletters . The articles referred to in the newsletters are found under publications. The current newsletter contains references to the articles listed below or in recent and future events as well as other information about products and services. If you would like to receive the newsletter, send an e-mail message with the word subscribe as the subject to:  newsletter@inhalation.net. 
 
See recent and future events for a summary of the last newsletter, recent events in the field of inhalation toxicology and related fields.  The calendar has new postings including new publications, new books, grant announcements and a list of  inhalation toxicology laboratories. 

The Fall Inhalation Toxicology and Respiratory Newsletter cited the following topics:

Environmental exposures and autoimmune diseases

        Dr. Susan Shami offers her commentary concerning the recent NIEHS/NIH meeting and the associated RFA for work in this area.

Cigarette Smoke Research   at the Oak Ridge National Research Labs.

"Light Cigarettes" - Public health and epidemiology

Historical Perspective of the Cell Types in the Lung  - Dr. Shami discusses the statement that "the Lung has 40 cell types"
 

Various developments from CH Technologies (USA) are summarized on the products  page.  Three new documents relating to FMI smoke pumps can be found at http://www.inhalation.net/documents. 

A companion web site http://www.inhalation.org is specifically designed for detailed graphics of new products and products in development.  Please visit this site to see "what's new" in inhalation toxicology from CH technologies USA) Inc..

  The  May 2003 newsletter was distributed on May 21, 2003.   Some of these topics were continued from the last newsletter (Feb 28, 2003) including:
          Animal Models:   Airway fibrosis in a mouse model of airway inflammation;  Gender differences in naphthalene metabolism and acute toxicity in lungs.
          Olfactory System and Health:   Gender differences in odor sensitivity; 
          Health Effects of Ultrafine Particles:  Size effect of intratracheally instilled particles on pulmonary inflammation and vascular thrombosis
          Public Health, Occupational and Industrial Health:  A comparison of techniques to assess regional deposition of aerosol particles in COPD patients. ;   An association between household mold levels and respiratory symptoms in infants during their first year of life;   Do fungi found in different areas of a house as well as those fungi found outdoors match on the genera level?
           Respiratory Biology
           Review - Cellular and molecular characteristics of basal cells in airway epithelium

10/25/03  update Shami (sshami@mindspring.com)