Caleb E. Finch

The Role of Global Air Pollution in Aging and Disease (eBook, ePUB)

Reading Smoke Signals

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

• Connects environmental pollution research to the human aging process
• Raises new issues relevant to the controversies on air pollution and global warming, challenging assumptions that lifespan will continue to increase in the 21st Century
• Examines the burden of air pollution to disadvantaged populations, with anticipated greater impact in developing countries which rely on fossil fuels for economic development in future decades

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128131039
• Artikelnr.: 50474365

Autorenporträt

Dr. Finch's major research interest is the study of basic mechanisms in human aging with a focus on inflammation. He has received numerous awards in biomedical gerontology, including the Robert W. Kleemeier Award of the Gerontological Society of America in 1985, the Sandoz Premier Prize by the International Geriatric Association in 1995, and the Irving Wright Award of AFAR and the Research Award of AGE in 1999. He was the founder of the NIA-funded Alzheimer Disease Research Center in 1984 and currently serves as co- Director. Dr. Finch became a University Distinguished Professor in 1989, an honor held by sixteen other professors at USC who contribute to multiple fields. He is a member of five editorial boards and has written four books including The Biology of Human Longevity (Academic Press 2007) as well as over 470 articles.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Air Pollution history in health and lifespan2. The nature of Air Pollution3. Air Pollution and adult disease4. Air Pollution in human development5. Air Pollution in future human health and life spans

Rezensionen

"The author discusses what he calls the three smokes: cigarette smoke, outdoor or ambient airpollution, and indoor air pollution.The text is authoritative and well referenced. It is easy to read. Finch generally avoids the repetition and unevenness often seen in multiauthored books. He occasionally uses jargon unnecessarily, and he does not always clearly define terms on their first usage. There are occasional printing errors and at least one graphic illustration from the World Health Organization is of poor quality. The audience is not well defined: although the subject matter is suited for an educated general audience, the explanations at times are not clear enough for anyone not in the field. Despite these minor detractions, the volume is a nice compilation of the topic. Advocates for clean air as well as workers in this field will find it useful and worthwhile." --The Quarterly Review of Biology