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Environmental pollution and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Main Author: Meo, Sultan Ayoub,
Other Authors: ScienceDirect (Online Service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2024]
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Subjects:
Type 2 diabetes.
Pollution.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Environmental Pollution and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Environmental Pollution and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • About the author
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgement
  • 1
  • Environmental pollution: The dark clouds hovering over our future
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Sources of pollution
  • 1.3 Air pollution
  • 1.4 Water pollution
  • 1.5 Soil pollution
  • 1.6 Noise pollution
  • 1.7 Light pollution
  • 1.8 Thermal pollution
  • 1.9 Radioactive pollution
  • 1.10 Ozone and environmental pollution
  • 1.10.1 Ozone (O3) formation.
  • 1.10.2 Ozone and Earth's atmosphere layers
  • 1.10.2.1 The tropospheric ozone
  • 1.10.2.2 The stratospheric ozone
  • 1.10.3 Ozone atmospheric lifetime
  • 1.10.4 Ozone depletion
  • 1.10.5 Ozone layers and health impact
  • 1.10.5.1 Stratospheric ozone (good ozone)
  • 1.10.5.2 Tropospheric ozone (bed ozone)
  • 1.11 Conclusion
  • References
  • 2
  • Environmental pollution: Journey from planet to pancreas
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Particulate matter (PM) pollution
  • 2.3 Environmental pollution journey from country to country
  • 2.4 Pollutants travel from the environment to various body organs.
  • 2.4.1 Translocation of pollutants in lungs
  • 2.4.2 Translocation of pollutants from lung to liver
  • 2.4.3 Translocation of PM from the environment to brain and blood circulation
  • 2.4.3.1 The olfactory system route
  • 2.4.3.2 The trigeminal nerve route
  • 2.4.3.3 The circulatory system and BBB route
  • 2.5 Pollutants and blood-brain barrier
  • 2.6 Translocation of pollutants from the lungs to the pancreas
  • 2.7 Conclusions
  • References
  • 3
  • Environmental pollution: Global morbidity and mortality
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Nitrogen dioxide: Environmental implications and health effects.
  • 3.3 Carbon monoxide: A silent killer with deadly consequences
  • 3.4 Sulfur dioxide (SO2): The toxic cloud and its environmental impact
  • 3.5 Particulate matter (PM): Leading air pollution source
  • 3.5.1 Sources of particulate matter (PM)
  • 3.5.2 Composition of particulate matter
  • 3.5.3 Particulate matter and human health
  • 3.5.4 Particulate matter impact on the environment
  • 3.6 Global morbidity and mortality
  • 3.6.1 Household air pollution and mortality
  • 3.7 Conclusions
  • References
  • 4
  • Pollution and pancreas: Invisible perils
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Physiology of the pancreas.

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