Environmental stressors in health and disease

This volume illustrates the impact of environmental oxidants on the tissues of the eyes, lungs and skin, as well as on the immune system. It highlights illnesses, injuries and pathologies induced by pro-oxidant environmental xenobiotics such as inflammation, immune response and carcinogenesis.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Fuchs, Jürgen, 1957 June 28-, Packer, Lester
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : M. Dekker, ©2001.
SeriesOxidative stress and disease ; 7.
Subjects
Stress (Physiology)
Active oxygen > Pathophysiology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780585405391
9780824746001
9780203904787
9780824705305
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xvi, 504 pages) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Series Introduction; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Free Radical Reactions in Human Disease; Radicals and Inflammation: Mediators and Modulators; Autoimmunity Caused by Oxidizing Foreign Compounds; Role of Oxidative Stress in Chemical Carcinogenesis; Proposed Mechanisms of Arsenic Toxicity Carcinogenesis; Redox Regulation of Gene Expression and Transcription Factors in Response to Environmental Oxidants; Cigarette Smoking and Pulmonary Oxidative Damage; Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust and Diesel Exhaust Particles.

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