1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910580214603321

Autore

Satarug Soisungwan

Titolo

Toxic Metals, Chronic Diseases and Related Cancers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Soggetti

Public health and preventive medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Long-term exposure to environmental toxicants is estimated to account for 70-90% of the risks of acquiring chronic ailments. Presently, chronic kidney disease and infertility affect a significant proportion of the world population, while research data indicate that exposure to toxic metals may contribute to the looming statistics. Alarming evidence suggests that exposure to the heavy metal cadmium may affect every stage of life, and exposure in early life may determine susceptibility to certain diseases in adulthood. Prevention of these outcomes requires avoidance of further environmental contamination, minimization of exposure, and reduction of toxic metals in food crops to the lowest achievable levels.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910303447303321

Autore

Bögenhold Dieter

Titolo

Consumption and Life-Styles : A Short Introduction / / by Dieter Bögenhold, Farah Naz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018

ISBN

9783030062033

3030062031

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 pages)

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

306.3

339.47

Soggetti

Economics

Culture

Economic sociology

Consumer behavior

Branding (Marketing)

Communication

Ethnology

Cultural Economics

Economic Sociology

Consumer Behavior

Branding

Media and Communication

Sociocultural Anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Consumption: Different Perspectives and Academic Responsibilities -- 3. Consumption within the History of Economic and Social Thought -- 4. Consumption, Lifestyles and Taste -- 5. Conspicuous Consumption -- 6. Culture, Advertising and Consumption -- 7. Gender and Social Relations of Consumption -- 8. Money, Consumption and Happiness -- 9. In Times of Globalization: Gift Giving and the McDonaldization of Consumption.



Sommario/riassunto

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the world of consumption, covering different topics and including sociological, economic and marketing aspects. The term ‘consumption’ is vague and even in academic disciplines the term is used in a variety of ways. Consumption research asks how earnings and spending are related to each other. More generally, consumption research investigates how people, social classes or societies realize their consumption practices. The question of how consistent preference structures are due to changing empirical backgrounds of time, space and related culture is frequently asked. Which context variables (historical time, geographical framework, cultural background) specify the practice of consumption and in which way do attributes such as age, gender, class, occupation and life-style have their own impacts on the way in which consumption is realised? This book will be of interest to researchers working in economics, sociology, marketing, aesthetics and design, anthropology and communication studies. .