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    Online Resource
    London, England :Academic Press,
    UID:
    edocfu_9961089691402883
    Format: 1 online resource (220 pages) : , illustrations
    ISBN: 0-12-813103-9 , 0-12-813102-0
    Note: Front Cover -- The Role of Global Air Pollution in Aging and Disease -- The Role of Global Air Pollution in Aging and Disease -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- REFERENCES -- Acknowledgments -- 1 - The Three Smokes in Global Mortality -- 1.1 OVERVIEW -- 1.2 AIRBORNE TOXINS, A PRIMER -- 1.3 CAVEATS FROM CIGARETTES -- 1.4 THE THREE SMOKES AND MORTALITY -- 1.4.1 Ambient Air Pollution -- 1.4.2 Cigarettes -- 1.4.3 Biomass Smoke, Inside and Out -- 1.4.4 Plus Dust -- 1.5 INTERACTIONS OF THE THREE SMOKES -- 1.6 THE HISTORY OF AIR POLLUTION DURING EXPANDING LONGEVITY -- 1.7 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 2 - The Toxic Nature of the Three Smokes -- 2.1 OVERVIEW -- 2.2 PARTICLE SIZE AND CHEMISTRY -- 2.3 SOURCE APPORTIONMENT IN MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY -- 2.4 CIGARETTE SMOKE -- 2.5 HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION, BIOMASS SMOKE, AND DUST -- 2.6 MECHANISMS -- 2.6.1 Blood Cells and Lung Epithelial Cells -- 2.6.2 Brain Cell Responses -- 2.7 THE DARK PASSAGE: DOES INHALED PARTICULATE MATTER REACH THE BRAINS OF ADULTS AND EMBRYOS? -- 2.8 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 3 - Air Pollution in Diseases of Aging -- 3.1 OVERVIEW -- 3.2 ARTERIAL THICKENING AND ATHEROMA FORMATION -- 3.2.1 Cigarette Smoke -- 3.2.2 Ambient Air Pollution -- 3.2.3 Biomass Smoke -- 3.3 THE BRAIN -- 3.3.1 Cigarette Smoke -- 3.3.2 Ambient Air Pollution -- 3.3.3 Biomass Smoke -- 3.4 INTERACTIONS OF AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION AND CIGARETTE SMOKE -- 3.5 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4 - Air Pollution and Cigarettes Cloud Development -- 4.1 OVERVIEW -- 4.2 PREMATURITY, BIRTHWEIGHT, AND PLACENTATION -- 4.3 BODY WEIGHT AND OBESITY -- 4.4 BRAIN DEVELOPMENT -- 4.5 MECHANISMS -- 4.6 EPIGENETICS -- 4.7 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 5 - Air Pollution in Our Future Longevity -- 5.1 OVERVIEW -- 5.2 TRENDS IN AIR POLLUTION -- 5.2.1 Persistence of the Three Smokes Beyond 2020 -- 5.2.2 Tobacco. , 5.2.3 Global Warming and Air Pollution -- 5.2.4 Mosquito Days -- 5.3 HEALTH BENEFITS FROM REDUCING EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTANTS -- 5.3.1 Mortality -- 5.3.2 Lung Function -- 5.3.3 Cigarette Smoking -- 5.4 TRENDS IN LONGEVITY: DOES OUR EVOLUTIONARY PAST PREDICT THE FUTURE? -- 5.5 WHEN THE FUTURE EXPOSOME MEETS THE GENOME OF THE PAST -- 5.6 READING SMOKE SIGNALS: A SYNOPSIS -- 5.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Glossary -- Subject Index -- Brain Structures by name -- Chemicals by name -- Countries and Geographic Regions by name -- Genes by name -- Researchers by name -- Studies by name -- Universities by name -- Stand alone -- Back Cover.
    Language: English
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