Beschreibung:
Oxidative Stress: Its Impact on Human Health and Disease Onset examines all factors known to elevate oxidative stress (OS) and the mechanism of OS disease causation. Sections cover the causes and prevention of oxidative stress, the types of chemical exposures and environmental factors that precipitate disease, disease hallmarks and biomarkers, disease clusters, disease co-morbidities, free radical attacks at the cellular level, and the Oxidative Stress Index tool, its premise, and how it can be used to identify the primary causes of specific diseases and predict the likelihood of disease onset.
I. Oxidative Stress and Disease 1. Oxidative stress causes 2. Historical perspective 3. Chemicals and chemical mixtures 4. Particles and fibers 5. Air pollution 6. Alcohol, tobacco and recreational drug use 7. Radiation 8. Chronic inflammation 9. Chronic Trauma 10. Dietary choices 11. Sleep deprivation 12. Hot and cold Environmental temperature extremes 13. Pre-existing disease 14. Pharmaceutical drugs 15. Chronic psychological stress 16. Genetic and epigenetic factors