Screen LibraryThe biology of human longevity：inflammation, nutrition, and aging in the evolution of lifespans
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam Boston |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 626 p.: ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780123736574 (hard cover : alk. paper) 0123736579 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R153 |
| CLC: |
R153.3 R339.3 |
| Call Number: | R153.3/F492 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references(p. 417-599) and indexes. 1. INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATION IN AGING AND CHRONIC DISEASES. 1.1. Overview ; 1.2. Experimental models for aging ; 1.3. Outline of inflammation ; 1.4. Bystander damage and dependent variables in senescence ; 1.5 Arterial aging and atherosclerosis ; 1.6. Alzheimer disease and vascular-related dementias ; 1.7. Inflammation in obesity ; 1.8. Processes of normal aging in the absence of specific diseases ; 1.9. Summary -- 2. INFECTIONS, INFLAMMOGENS, AND DRUGS. 2.1. Introduction ; 2.2. Vascular disease ; 2.3. Infections from the central tube : Metchnikoff revisited ; 2.4. Aerosols and dietary infl |