02433oam 2200409 450 991058349640332120190911100031.00-12-811163-1(OCoLC)1035662143(MiFhGG)GVRL7ZIM(EXLCZ)99434000000020535420171101h20182018 uy 0engurun|---uuuuardacontentrdamediardacarrierEnvironmental causes and prevention measures for Alzheimer's disease /George J. BrewerFirst edition.Cambridge, Massachusetts :Elsevier,[2018]�20181 online resource (xiii, 140 pages) illustrationsGale eBooks0-12-811162-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.This book examines the increased incidence of the disease in developed countries, and provides new insights into environmental causation, primarily metals. Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease.616.831Brewer George J.26134MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910583496403321Environmental causes and prevention measures for Alzheimer's disease1960082UNINA