Pharmaceutical inhalation aerosol technology Book

	Foreword
	Foreword to the First Edition
	Preface
	Contributors
1	Physiology of the Airways	1
2	Pharmacology of Therapeutic Aerosols	31
3	Targeting by Deposition	65
4	Drug Targeting to the Lung: Chemical and Biochemical Considerations	89
5	Lung Deposition Simulation	155
6	Practical Aspects of Imaging Techniques Employed to Study Aerosol Deposition and Clearance	171
7	Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Drugs Delivered to the Lungs	215
8	Theoretical Principles and Devices Used to Generate Aerosols for Research	253
9	The Design and Development of Inhalation Drug Delivery Systems	279
10	Aerosol-Filling Equipment for the Preparation of Pressurized-Pack Pharmaceutical Formulations	311
11	Methods of Aerosol Particle Size Characterization	345
12	Summary of Common Approaches to Pharmaceutical Aerosol Administration	385
13	Therapeutic Aerosols: An Overview from a Clinical Perspective	423
14	Aerosolized Pentamidine for Treatment and Prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome	459
15	The Application of Aerosolized Antimicrobial Therapies in Lung Infections	473
16	Gene Delivery to the Lung	489
17	Recent Advances Related to the Systemic Delivery of Therapeutic Molecules by Inhalation	541
18	Modulated Drug Therapy with Inhalation Aerosols: Revisited	551
19	Pulmonary Delivery Technology: Recent Advances and Potential for the New Millennium	571
	Index	593