Evidence has accumulated that exposure to widespread environmental toxicants, such as
heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, and tobacco smoke adversely affect fetal …

Environmental disruptions during the course of lung development produce long-term
changes in lung structure and function that predispose towards adult lung disease, a …

Use of e-cigarettes, especially among the young, is increasing at near-exponential rates.
This is coupled with a perception that e-cigarettes are safe and with unlimited advertising …

Passive exposure to tobacco smoke significantly contributes to morbidity and mortality in
children. Children, in particular, seem to be the most susceptible population to the harmful …

Growing evidence indicates that prenatal exposure to maternal smoking is a risk factor for
the development of asthma in children. However, the effects of prenatal environmental …

The respiratory system is one of the most commonly affected systems in reports describing
nonhuman primate disease, pathology, and/or clinical management. Such general papers …

Increasing numbers of epidemiologic studies associate air pollution exposure in children
with decreased lung function development. The objective of this study was to examine the …

This study examined airway structure changes in adult rats after a long recovery period due
to sub-chronic juvenile exposure to ozone and ultrafine particles that have a high organic …

Rats are widely used for the studies of pulmonary toxicology in both juveniles and adults. To
facilitate such studies, investigators have developed models of lung architecture based on …

Neonatal and postnatal exposures to air pollutants have adverse effects on lung
development resulting in airway structure changes. Usually, generation-averaged analysis …