ch. 1. Medical and pharmaceutical aerosols / Stephen R. Marek. [et al.] -- ch. 2. Breathing zone exposure assessment / Charles E. Rodes and Jonathan W. Thornburg -- ch. 3. Mechanisms of particle deposition / Jacky A. Rosati, Kristin K. Isaacs, and Ted B. Martonen -- ch. 4. Aerosol dose / Lev S. Ruzer, Michael G. Apte, and Richard G. Sextro -- ch. 5. Modeling deposition of inhaled particles / Kristin K. Isaacs, Jacky A. Rosati, and Ted B. Martonen -- ch. 6. Aerosol chemistry and physics / Lara A. Gundel and Hugo Destaillats -- ch. 7. Chemical analyses of particle filter deposits / Judith C. Chow and John. G. Watson -- ch. 8. Health effects of ambient ultrafine particles / Beverly S. Cohen -- ch. 9. Nanoparticle cell penetration / Steven M. Hankin and Craig A. Poland -- ch. 10. High aspect ratio nanomaterials : characterization and toxicology / Steven M. Hankin and Craig A. Poland -- ch. 11. Research and development of a new safe form of drugs / T.G. Tolstikova. [et al.] -- ch. 12. Bioaerosols / Janet M. Macher. [et al.] -- ch. 13. Aerosols, global climate, and the human health co-benefits of climate change mitigation / George D. Thurston and Michelle L. Bell -- ch. 14. Health effects of metals in ambient air particulate matter / Morton Lippmann -- ch. 15. Radioactive aerosols / Lev S. Ruzer -- ch. 16. Unattached fraction of radon progeny as an experimental tool in the assessment of the risk of nanoparticles / Lev S. Ruzer -- ch. 17. Filtration and sampling of aerosols by fibrous filters / A.K. Budyka, A.A. Kirsch, and B.I. Ogorodnikov -- ch. 18. Radioactive aerosols of Chernobyl accident / A.K. Budyka and B.I. Ogorodnikov -- ch. 19. Classical nucleation theory : account of dependence of the surface tension on curvature and translation-rotation correction factor / S.V. Vosel. [et al.] -- ch. 20. Radioactive aerosol standards / Lev S. Ruzer. [et al.] -- ch. 21. Radon and thoron in the environment : concentrations and lung cancer risk / Naomi H. Harley -- ch. 22. Risk from inhalation of the long-lived radionuclides uranium, thorium, and fallout plutonium in the atmosphere / Isabel M. Fisenne -- ch. 23. Health effects of aerosols : mechanisms and epidemiology / Ira B. Tager.