Aging in today's environment [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Chemical Toxicity and Aging, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1987 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.67 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerRobert N. <1927-2010.>
PfitzerEmil A |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Effect of environment on
Aging Environmental health Human beings - Effect of environment on |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-18635-6
9786610186358 0-309-56748-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
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 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 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 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 Appendix Resources for Studying Aging |
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Aging in today's environment [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Chemical Toxicity and Aging, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1987 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.67 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerRobert N. <1927-2010.>
PfitzerEmil A |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Effect of environment on
Aging Environmental health Human beings - Effect of environment on |
ISBN |
1-280-18635-6
9786610186358 0-309-56748-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
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 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 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 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 Appendix Resources for Studying Aging |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780009003321 |
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Air Pollutants Exposure model documentation (APEX, version 5.2) |
Autore | Glen Graham |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Research Triangle Park, NC : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Health and Environmental Impacts Division, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Human beings - Effect of environment on
Pollutants Pollution - Risk assessment Air quality - Standards - United States Health risk assessment - United States Air quality - Measurement Air - Pollution - Mathematical models Air quality - Standards Health risk assessment |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | User's guide -- Technical support document. |
Altri titoli varianti | Air Pollutants Exposure model documentation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910712981703321 |
Glen Graham
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Being alive : essays on movement, knowledge and description / / Tim Ingold |
Autore | Ingold Tim <1948-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina |
301
301.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropology - Philosophy
Human ecology - Philosophy Human beings - Effect of environment on Geographical perception Nature - Effect of human beings on |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-10331-1
9786613103314 1-136-73543-7 0-203-81833-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Being Alive; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Anthropology comes to life; Part I: Clearing the ground; 2. Materials against materiality; 3. Culture on the ground: the world perceived through the feet; 4. Walking the plank: meditations on a process of skill; Part II: The meshwork; 5. Rethinking the animate, reanimating thought; 6. Point, line, counterpoint: from environment to fluid space; 7. When ANT meets SPIDER: social theory for arthropods; Part III: Earth and sky; 8. The shape of the earth; 9. Earth, sky, wind and weather
10. Landscape or weather-world?11. Four objections to the concept of soundscape; Part IV: A storied world; 12. Against space: place, movement, knowledge; 13. Stories against classification: transport, wayfaring and the integration of knowledge; 14. Naming as storytelling: speaking of animals among the Koyukon of Alaska; Part V: Drawing making writing; 15. Seven variations on the letter A; 16. Ways of mind-walking: reading, writing, painting; 17. The textility of making.; 18. Drawing together: doing, observing, describing; Epilogue; 19. Anthropology is not ethnography; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456884703321 |
Ingold Tim <1948-, >
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
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Being alive : essays on movement, knowledge and description / / Tim Ingold |
Autore | Ingold Tim <1948-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina |
301
301.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropology - Philosophy
Human ecology - Philosophy Human beings - Effect of environment on Geographical perception Nature - Effect of human beings on |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-10331-1
9786613103314 1-136-73543-7 0-203-81833-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Being Alive; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Anthropology comes to life; Part I: Clearing the ground; 2. Materials against materiality; 3. Culture on the ground: the world perceived through the feet; 4. Walking the plank: meditations on a process of skill; Part II: The meshwork; 5. Rethinking the animate, reanimating thought; 6. Point, line, counterpoint: from environment to fluid space; 7. When ANT meets SPIDER: social theory for arthropods; Part III: Earth and sky; 8. The shape of the earth; 9. Earth, sky, wind and weather
10. Landscape or weather-world?11. Four objections to the concept of soundscape; Part IV: A storied world; 12. Against space: place, movement, knowledge; 13. Stories against classification: transport, wayfaring and the integration of knowledge; 14. Naming as storytelling: speaking of animals among the Koyukon of Alaska; Part V: Drawing making writing; 15. Seven variations on the letter A; 16. Ways of mind-walking: reading, writing, painting; 17. The textility of making.; 18. Drawing together: doing, observing, describing; Epilogue; 19. Anthropology is not ethnography; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910534895903321 |
Ingold Tim <1948-, >
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The bionarrative : the story of life and hope for the future / / Stephen Boyden |
Autore | Boyden Stephen Vickers |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Acton, Australia : , : Australian National University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Human beings - Effect of environment on Human ecology Human evolution |
ISBN | 1-76046-051-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The bionarrative, biohistory and biounderstanding -- Life before humans -- Humans enter the system -- The early farming and early urban phases -- Ecological phase 4: the exponential phase -- Religion and warfare in biohistorical perspective -- Healthy people on a healthy planet -- Epilogue. Musings -- Glossary -- Previous books by the author -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153560803321 |
Boyden Stephen Vickers
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Bodies of nature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Phil Macnaghten, John Urry |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MacnaghtenPhil
UrryJohn |
Collana | Body & society |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Social aspects
Human body (Philosophy) Philosophy of nature Human ecology - Philosophy Human beings - Effect of environment on |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786612559938
0-85702-274-1 1-282-55993-1 1-85702-274-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Table of Contents; 1 - Bodies of Nature: Introduction; 2 - 'Botanizing on the Asphalt'? The Complex Life of Cosmopolitan Bodies; 3 - Still Life in Nearly Present Time: The Object of Nature; 4 - The Climbing Body, Nature and the Experience of Modernity; 5 - Walking in the British Countryside: Reflexivity, Embodied Practices and Ways to Escape; 6 - These Boots are Made for Walking...: Mundane Technology, the Body and Human-Environment Relations; 7 - Naked as Nature Intended; 8 - Action and Noise Over a Hundred Years: The Making of a Nature Region; 9 - Bodies in the Woods
10 - Perceiving the Environment in Finnish LaplandIndex |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457239203321 |
London, : SAGE, c2001 | ||
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Bodies of nature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Phil Macnaghten, John Urry |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) : facsims |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MacnaghtenPhil
UrryJohn |
Collana | Body & society |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology
Social ecology Human beings - Effect of environment on Human body (Philosophy) Philosophy of nature |
ISBN |
9786612559938
0-85702-274-1 1-282-55993-1 1-85702-274-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Table of Contents; 1 - Bodies of Nature: Introduction; 2 - 'Botanizing on the Asphalt'? The Complex Life of Cosmopolitan Bodies; 3 - Still Life in Nearly Present Time: The Object of Nature; 4 - The Climbing Body, Nature and the Experience of Modernity; 5 - Walking in the British Countryside: Reflexivity, Embodied Practices and Ways to Escape; 6 - These Boots are Made for Walking...: Mundane Technology, the Body and Human-Environment Relations; 7 - Naked as Nature Intended; 8 - Action and Noise Over a Hundred Years: The Making of a Nature Region; 9 - Bodies in the Woods
10 - Perceiving the Environment in Finnish LaplandIndex |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781047303321 |
London, : SAGE, c2001 | ||
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Bodily natures [[electronic resource] ] : science, environment, and the material self / / Stacy Alaimo |
Autore | Alaimo Stacy <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Philosophy
Human beings - Effect of environment on Human body (Philosophy) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-253-00483-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bodily natures -- Eros and X-rays : bodies, class, and "environmental justice" -- Invisible matters : the sciences of environmental justice -- Material memoirs : science, autobiography, and the substantial self -- Deviant agents : the science, culture, and politics of multiple chemical sensitivity -- Genetics, material agency, and the evolution of posthuman environmental ethics in science fiction. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460449803321 |
Alaimo Stacy <1962->
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Bodily natures : science, environment, and the material self / / Stacy Alaimo |
Autore | Alaimo Stacy <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 pages) |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Philosophy
Human beings - Effect of environment on Human body (Philosophy) |
ISBN | 0-253-00483-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785681703321 |
Alaimo Stacy <1962->
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Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2010] | ||
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