| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Committee chairmen: Robert N. Butler and Emil A. Pfitzer. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-208). |
| Contents |
AGING In Today's Environment; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Executive Summary; AGING AND NUTRITION; AGING AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DISEASE; AGING, DISEASE, PHARMACEUTICAL USE, AND CHEMICAL RESPONSE; AGING AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MODEL SYSTEMS FOR RESEARCH; CONCLUSIONS; 1 Aging and Environmental Exposure ; BASIS OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM; STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT; 2 The Aging Population and the Psychosocial Implications of Aging ; DEMOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATIONS OF AN AGING POPULATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; 3 Principles of Gerontology ; CONCEPTUAL CONTEXT OF GERONTOLOGY; THEORIES OF AGING |
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Deterministic TheoriesDevelopmental Switches in Gene Expression; Neuroendocrine-Cascade Theories; Stochastic Theories; Intrinsic Mutagenesis Theory; Protein-Synthesis Error Catastrophe; Free Radicals; Posttranslational Glycation of Proteins and DNA; Thymic Involution as a Pacemaker of Immunosenescence; BIOMARKERS OF AGE OR AGING; ALTERED SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE AGED; 4 Principles of Toxicology in the Context of Aging ; CHEMICAL FATE AND EFFECT; Absorption; Distribution; Metabolism and Elimination; MECHANISMS OF TOXICITY AT THE MOLECULAR, CELLULAR, AND TISSUE LEVEL; Molecular Action |
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Cellular EffectsEffects at the Tissue Level; PHARMACOGENETICS; BIOLOGIC MARKERS; TOXICITY TESTING; 5 Characteristics of the Environment, Aging, and the Aged ; NUTRITION; Effects of Nutrition on Toxicity; Nutrition and Cancer; Nutrition and Aging; Background and Criteria for Evaluating Aging; Food Restriction; Dietary Protein Intake; Dietary Fat Intake; Dietary Carbohydrate Intake; Dietary Vitamin Intake; Dietary Mineral Intake; Special Dietary Requirements of the Aged; PHARMACEUTICALS; Demographic Considerations; Patterns of Drug Use and Drug Prescribing; Ambulatory Populations |
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Hospital PopulationsLong-Term-Care Facilities; Medication Compliance in the Elderly; Adverse Drug Reactions; LIFE-STYLE; Deliberate Chemical Exposure; Learned Helplessness; Atrophy of Disuse; Indoor Pollutants; Temperature; Radon; Formaldehyde; Combustion Products; Asbestos; Environmental Tobacco Smoke; Pesticides; 6 Environmental Effects on Age-Associated Diseases and Changes in Organ Function ; DEMOGRAPHICS OF AGE-ASSOCIATED DISEASES; SKIN; VISION; Cataracts; Glaucoma; Diabetic Retinopathy; Aging-Related Macular Degeneration; HEARING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; Changes Associated with Aging |
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Induced Disorders and DiseasesNeurotoxicants; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; RENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; SEXUALITY; ROLE OF ENVIRONMENT IN BONE METABOLISM AND VITAMIN D NUTRITION; 7 Model Systems for the Evaluation of Toxic Agents Affecting Aging or Age-Related Diseases ; CONSIDERATIONS IN CHOOSING AND DESIGNING MODEL SYSTEMS; EXAMPLES OF MODEL SYSTEMS; In Vitro Models; Nonmammalian Animal [Models; Mammalian Models; Epidemiologic Models; LIFE-SPAN MODULATION BY DRUG TREATMENT; 8 Conclusions ; 9 Recommendations ; RESEARCH; EDUCATION; FUNDING AND RESOURCES; References |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people -- Effect of environment on.
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Older people. |
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Aging.
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Aging. |
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Environmental health.
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Environmental health. |
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Butler, Robert N., 1927-2010.
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Pfitzer, Emil A. (Emil Alvin), 1929-2007.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Life Sciences.
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Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Chemical Toxicity and Aging. Aging in today's environment. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press : [Available from Committee on Chemical Toxicity and Aging, 1987 (OCoLC)16829499 |
| ISBN |
0309567483 (electronic book) |
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9780309567480 (electronic book) |
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