Acknowledgements

The editors gratefully acknowledge the authors of the chapters for their contributions to this book. Clearly, there would be no book without their individual and collective efforts in researching and preparing the material for their individual manuscripts. It is equally clear to the editors there would be no book without the active involvement of Donna Hoffman in skillfully maintaining communications between the editors and the authors and the editors and the publisher, and meticulously organizing the voluminous correspondence associated with queries about chapter format, copyright releases, manuscript submission deadlines and extensions, and other details too numerous to mention. The editors also gratefully acknowledge Rowan Frame and the staff at the Royal Society of Chemistry for their patience and forbearing in dealing with the delays in delivering the manuscripts, their guidance and assistance in obtaining copyright releases and their willingness to assist individual authors in matters of manuscript preparation. In addition to acknowledging those directly involved in the preparation of Aerobiology: The Toxicology of Airborne Pathogens and Toxins, the editors gratefully acknowledge the continued support and encouragement of their respective families for tolerating the time spent away from the domestic scene and for the occasional reversal of family priorities.