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American Lung Association, "Health Effects of Air Pollution." New York, 1978. 

NAAEE is a network of professionals, students, and volunteers working in the field of environmental education throughout North America and in over 55 countries around the world. Since 1971, the Association has promoted environmental education and supported the work of environmental educators. American Lung Association (ALA). Online. Available HTTP (accessed 1 April 2003). 

American Lung Association (ALA). Online. Available HTTP (accessed 5 April 2003). 

Innovative programs are also available to help home residences reduce exposure to toxic substances. The Master Home Environmentalist program of the American Lung Association trains volunteers to visit homes and conduct a Home Environmental Assessment. Home residences are encouraged to make changes to reduce exposures to toxic substance. A major focus of this program is on reducing asthma in children. 

American Lung Association of Washington (ALAW) http //www.alaw.org/> (accessed 10 April 2003). 

Even today, Fairbanks suffers from carbon-based air pollution created from wildfires. The American Lung Association recently released a report ranking Fairbanks as one of the 25 most polluted metro areas in the nation—... 

Tobacco use has the highest cost to society of any substance of abuse, with the possible exception of alcohol. The American Lung Association estimated in the year 2000 that direct medical costs of tobacco-caused illness were approximately 50 billion. However, this cost is well below the total medical costs to society because... 

Fisher, Edwin B., and Toni L. Goldfarb. 7Steps to a Smoke-Free Life, American Lung Association. New York John Wiley Sons, Inc., 1998. 

Barkin P, Jung W, Pappagianopoulos P, et al. 1986. The role of the bronchial circulation in production of pulmonary edema in dogs exposed to acrolein in smoke. In Joint Annual Meeting American Lung Association and the American Thoracic Society, Kansas City, MO, May 11-13, 1986. Am Rev Respir Dis 133(4 Suppl.) A270. 

Doupnik CA, Leming LM, O Donnell JR, et al. 1988. Time course of bronchial hyperresponsiveness mediator release and neutrophil infiltration following acrolein exposure in guinea-pig. In Joint Annual Meeting American Lung Association and The American Thoracic Society, Las Vegas, NV, May 8-11, 1988. Am Rev Respir Dis 137 (4 Part 21) 244. 

For help in finding and choosing a support group, contact your local American Cancer Society,American Lung Association, American Heart Association, or your physician or local hospital. 

National Asthma Educator Certification Board American Lung Association... 

Fitzpatrick SB, Coughlin SS, Chamberlin J A novel asthma intervention for childhood asthma among urban blacks. The Pediatric Lung Committee of the American Lung Association of the District of Columbia (ALADC) Washington, DC. J Natl Med Assoc 1992 84 233—237. 

American Lung Association. Acute respiratory distress syndrome. In Lung Disease Data, 1998-1999. New York, American Lung Association. 1998 45-46. 

American Lung Association. 2007. Factors to Consider Before Using/Buying an Air Cleaner. Accessed on February 1, 2007, at http //www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp c=dvLUK900E b=39310. 

Acknowledgments This work was supported by NIH grants HL73848 and an American Lung Association Career Investigator Award (Mehrad) and CA87879 and HL66027 (Strieter). 

Schenker, Oral Statement, American Lung Association Convention, May 1984... 

Dr. Grange is the recipient of a Research Training Fellowship Award from the American Lung Association. 

Fig. 2. Survival curves according to the year of the first medical examination of patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis (A, 1970-1979 B, 1980-1984 C, 1985-1990). (Adapted from Kudoh etal. [9] with permission. From AJRCCM, official journal of the American Thoracic Society. American Lung Association.)...

Fig. 18. Effect of EM on survival rate (A) and body weight (B) of mice infected with influenza virus. At each time point after influenza virus infection [ 1.5 x LD50 of influenza virus (A/Kumamoto/ Y5/H2N2)], the survival rate of infected mice was evaluated and the body weight of mice was measured. The mice were given EM intraperitoneally (solid squares 1.0 mg/kg/d solid circles 3.3 mg/ kg/d in saline/0.5% DMSO) every 24 h from Day 1 to Day 6 after virus infection. The control group (open circles) was injected intraperitoneally with 0.5 ml saline/0.5% DMSO. Fourteen mice were used in each experimental group p < 0.05, control versus EM-treated groups. (Reprinted from Sato et al. [95] with permission Ifom AJRCCM, official journal of the American Thoracic Society. American Lung Association.)...

American Lung Association, Trends in Lung Cancer Morbidity and Mortality, http / / WWW. lungusa. org/atf / cf/ %7B7A8D42C2-FCCA-4604-8ADE-7F5D5E762256%7D/lcl.pdf, 5, 2004. 

Supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (PPG HL-14985 and CIA HL 01966-OX to Dr Chang) and the American Lung Association (Career Development Award to Dr Voelkel). 

Research Award from the American Lung Association. J.A.B. is the recipient of an American Lung Association Grant, RG-019-B, and the Stein Oppenheimer... 

In the fall of 1996, the U.S. Department of Labor, jointly with the American Lung Association, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Department of He th and Human Services (DHHS), launched the silicosis prevention effort. In 2008 OSHA announced a new enforcement program (National Emphasis Program — Crystalline Silica, CPL 03-00-007) to target worksites where employees are at risk for developing silicosis. 

This work was supported, in part, by National Institutes of Health grants CA72543 (D. A. A.), CA66180, P50 CA69568, and P50 HL60289 (R. M. S.), and an American Lung Association grant (D. A. A). 

American Lung Association, 1740 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, (212)245-8000. 

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