The role of global air pollution in aging and disease : reading smoke signals / Caleb E. Finch

Global Air Pollution in Aging: Reading Smoke Signals is a complete reference connecting environmental pollution research to the human aging process. Since 1800, lifespans have more than doubled as infections declined and medicine improved. But the 20th century introduced a new global scourge of air pollution from fossil fuels with the potential to damage arteries, hearts and lungs that has been related to chronic exposure of air pollution from fossil fuels. Risk areas of study include childhood obesity, brain damage associated with air pollution, increased risk for autism in children and dementia in older adults. In humans and animals, air pollution stimulates chronic inflammation in different organs, and genetic vulnerability to air pollution is being recognized, particularly for carriers of the Alzheimer risk gene ApoE4.

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

[2018]

Erschienen:

London: Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier ; 2018

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Finch, Caleb, 1939- [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext
www.sciencedirect.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:

0-12-813103-9

Nlm:

WA 754

Themen:

Aging
Air
Air ; Pollution
Air Pollution
Electronic books
Fossil Fuels
HEALTH & FITNESS ; Diseases ; General
Heart Diseases
Lung Diseases
MEDICAL ; Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL ; Diseases
MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL ; Internal Medicine
Pulmonary toxicology
Smoke
Toxicologie pulmonaire
Vieillissement

Anmerkungen:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1684644739