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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jared Diamond.

AIR POLLUTION, THE AUTOMOBILE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Contents -- Part I: Overview -- Automotive Emissions Research -- EMISSIONS CONTROL: THE HISTORY OF CONFLICT -- BENEFITS OF REGULATION -- CURRENT PROBLEMS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES -- IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING HEALTH RESEARCH -- Regulations: Form or Substance? -- Safety Margins and Susceptible Groups -- Costs and Benefits -- Emergence of a New Regulatory Structure in Mobile Source Emission Regulation -- Research and Comprehensive Risk Management -- Regulatory Credibility and the Maturation of Toxicology -- THE HEALTH EFFECTS INSTITUTE AND THE SOCIAL CONTEXT -- Project History and Organization -- RATIONALE -- ORGANIZATION -- MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE AUTHORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- STEERING COMMITTEE -- EXPOSURE ANALYSIS SUBCOMMITTEE -- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS SUBCOMMITTEE -- PEER REVIEWERS -- Motor Vehicle Emissions: A Strategy for Quantifying Risk -- AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS: A BRIEF PERSPECTIVE -- UNDERSTANDING THE COMPONENTS OF RISK -- Chemical and Physical Properties of Pollutants -- Pollutant Exposure and Dose to Biological Tissues -- Biological Responses to Pollutants -- Sensitive Individuals -- RESEARCH APPROACHES -- Epidemiology -- Experimental Methods -- Mathematical Models -- Physical Models -- PURSUING QUANTITATIVE TOXICOLOGY: A STRATEGY FOR RESEARCH -- Highlights of the Authors' Recommendations -- Criteria for Prioritization -- A Proposed Research Strategy -- Summary -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Part II: Exposure Analysis -- Automotive Emissions -- POLLUTION FROM AUTOMOBILES-PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS -- Emissions Standards and Control Approaches -- Fuel Economy -- In-Use Passenger Car Emissions -- EMISSIONS REGULATIONS -- Emission Test Procedures -- Emission Standards -- U.S. Fuel Economy Standards -- VEHICLE AND EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY.