LEADER 02433oam 2200409 450 001 9910583496403321 005 20190911100031.0 010 $a0-12-811163-1 035 $a(OCoLC)1035662143 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL7ZIM 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000205354 100 $a20171101h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnvironmental causes and prevention measures for Alzheimer's disease /$fGeorge J. Brewer 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cElsevier,$d[2018] 210 4$d?2018 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 140 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 311 $a0-12-811162-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aThis book examines the increased incidence of the disease in developed countries, and provides new insights into environmental causation, primarily metals. 606 $aAlzheimer's disease 615 0$aAlzheimer's disease. 676 $a616.831 700 $aBrewer$b George J.$026134 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910583496403321 996 $aEnvironmental causes and prevention measures for Alzheimer's disease$91960082 997 $aUNINA