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Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 846

Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine

The decade since the first Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine has seen major advances: studies have clarified the actions of hyperbaric oxygenation; clinical practice is becoming more scientific; various organisational and operational guidelines are now widely accepted. This new Handbook arises from the EU Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST) programme for hyperbaric medicine, COST B14, in combination with the results of a number of recent experimental and clinical studies.

Arsenic Toxicity: Challenges and Solutions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 413

Arsenic Toxicity: Challenges and Solutions

Arsenic (As) is a widely distributed element in the environment having no known useful physiological function in plants or animals. Historically, this metalloid has been known to be used widely as a poison. Effects of arsenic have come to light in the past few decades due to its increasing contamination in several parts of world, with the worst situation being in Bangladesh and West Bengal in India. This edited volume brings together diverse group of environmental science, sustainability and health researchers to address the challenges posed by global mass poisoning caused by arsenic water contamination. The book covers sources of arsenic contamination, and its impact on human health and on ...

Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 901

Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine

Hyperbaric oxygen application has now become a useful technique for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in CNS, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, as well as in soft-tissue and orthopaedic pathologies and haematologic disorders. With a specific didactic approach, supported by numerous illustrations and tables, this volume aims to present all aspects of oxygen application under pressure not only to resolve some clinical problems, but also to improve recovery or to modify a negative illness evolution. Both scientists and practitioners will find this work a useful and updated reference book.

Biochemistry of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Obesity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 402

Biochemistry of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Obesity

Obesity is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults as well as in obese children. This book will provide a description of the impact of obesity on the cardiovascular system and increased predisposition to CVD. It will identify the major biochemical mechanisms that lead to the occurrence of myocardial abnormalities and vascular alterations in obesity. We will also have some discussion on the biochemistry of the so-called obesity paradox in relation to CVD. The contributors to this book are international experts on obesity and associated cardiovascular complications. This book is also uniquely positioned as it focuses on the biochemistry of obesity-induced cardiova...

Endocrine Secrets
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 577

Endocrine Secrets

The thoroughly updated Endocrine Secrets, 6th Edition continues the tradition of the highly popular Secrets SeriesĀ®, offering fast answers to the most essential clinical endocrinology questions. A user-friendly Q&A format, replete with valuable pearls, tips, and memory aids, helps you to learn and study efficiently. It all adds up to a perfect concise board review or handy clinical endocrinology resource. Expedite your reference and review with a question-and-answer format that's conversational and easy to read. Zero in on key information with bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from prominent endocrinologists, and "Key Points" boxes that provide a concise overview of important board-...

List of Members
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 128

List of Members

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-12-19
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  • Publisher: Springer

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Diabetes - Perspectives in Drug Therapy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 416

Diabetes - Perspectives in Drug Therapy

The chapters of this book report cutting-edge research on molecular events in adiposity and type 2 diabetes, thus opening the way for innovative drug-based therapeutic strategies. It addresses all those who wish to keep in touch with recent developments in the field.

Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease
  • Language: en

Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-10-17
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  • Publisher: Humana

This book presents a comprehensive survey of adipose tissue, its physiological functions, and its role in disease. The volume spans the entire range of adipose tissue studies, from basic anatomical and physiological research to epidemiology and clinical studies. Groundbreaking recent studies are incorporated into traditional models of adipose tissue properties. A description of the role of macrophages in obesity and metabolism in included.

Toxicological Profile for Lead
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 584

Toxicological Profile for Lead

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Making Sense of War
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 432

Making Sense of War

Reconceptualizes the historical experience of the Soviet Union from a different perspective, that of World War II. Breaking with the conventional interpretation that views World War II as a post-revolutionary addendum, this work situates this event at the crux of the development of the Soviet - not just the Stalinist - system." - publisher.