Facility Core B--Pulmonary Toxicology

肺毒理学机构核心（PTF，前身为吸入毒理学机构）的目标是 为EHSRC调查人员提供设施和专业知识，以提高其工作效率和质量。 肺毒理学研究，并协助他们探索哮喘的新研究领域， 肺生物学、吸入毒理学或气雾剂科学。此外，来自NIEHS资助的研究人员 环境卫生中心得到专业知识和分析的支持， 哮喘诱因该工具可帮助检验以下方面的假设： 哮喘和其他环境性肺病的肺生物学; 环境性肺病的发展和预防; 内毒素、过敏原、生物气溶胶和其他空气传播物质的理化性质和行为 有毒物质;以及 气溶胶科学家和化学家常用的取样装置的性能， 环境评估。

The goal of the Pulmonary Toxicology Facility Core (PTF, formerly the Inhalation Toxicology Facility) is to provide the facilities and expertise for EHSRC investigators to enhance the productivity and quality of their pulmonary toxicology research and to assist them in exploring new investigative areas in asthma, pulmonary biology, inhalation toxicology, or aerosol science. In addition, investigators from NIEHS-funded Environmental Health Centers are supported with expertise and assays for evaluation of exposures to asthma triggers. This facility provides assistance for testing hypotheses regarding the: ¿ Pulmonary biology of asthma and other environmental lung diseases; ¿ Development and prevention of environmental lung disease; ¿ Physicochemical properties and behavior of endotoxin, allergens, bioaerosols, and other airborne toxicants; and ¿ Performance of sampling devices commonly used by aerosol scientists and hygienists for environmental assessment.