The Role of Global Air Pollution in Aging and Disease Reading Smoke Signals

• Main Author: Finch, Caleb E. 1939- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London, United Kingdom Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Air Pollution > adverse effects; Aging > drug effects; Heart Diseases > etiology; Lung Diseases > etiology; Pulmonary toxicology; Air > Pollution > Health aspects; Aging > Environmental aspects; Fossil Fuels > adverse effects; Smoke > adverse effects
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• Physical Description: xiii, 203 pages colour illustrations 24 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 9780128131022

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