UID:
almafu_9961089621002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 140 pages) :
,
illustrations
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780128111635
,
0128111631
Serie:
Gale eBooks
Inhalt:
This book examines the increased incidence of the disease in developed countries, and provides new insights into environmental causation, primarily metals.
Anmerkung:
Introduction -- A little background on dementia and Alzheimer's disease -- Interesting and important historical and demographic facts about the epidemic of Alzheimer's disease in developed countries pointing to the environmental intoxicants causing the epidemic -- Candidate environmental factors for the Alzheimer's epidemic part 1 -- Candidate environmental factors for the Alzheimer's epidemic part 2 -- Identification of copper-2 and copper in general, as major environmental intoxicantsin the Alzheimer's disease epidemic -- Background on copper, including why copper-2 is so specifically neurotoxic -- Inorganic copper, or copper-2, ingestion as major causal factor for the Alzheimer's disease epidemic -- Increased copper absorption resulting from dietary changes in developed countries as another causal factor in the Alzheimer's disease epidemic -- The copper hypothesis fits nicely with known risk factors and theories of Alzheimer's disease causaton -- Prevention measures action items -- Failures -- Treatment of Alzheimer's disease -- Summary and conclusions.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780128111628
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0128111623
Sprache:
Englisch
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