Environmental Influences on the immune system

Esser, Charlotte. (Author). Esser, Charlotte, editor. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9783709118887
ISBN: 3709118883
Physical Description: print
xix, 378 p. : illu. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vienna : Springer Verlag, c2016.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Principles of the immune system: players and organization -- Part I. Age and lifestyle - 2. Influence of early-life environmental exposures on immune function across the lifespan - 3. Environmental influences on the immune system: the aging immune system - 4. The hygiene hypothesis - 5. Stress and the immune system - 6. Exercise and the immune system -- Part II. Chemicals and pollutants - 7. Mechanisms by which UV radiation, a natural component of sunlight, surpasses the immune response - 8. Vaccination efficacy and environmental pollution - 9. Engineered nanoparticles and the immune system: interaction and consequences - 10. Air pollution and the allergy in Germany: surprising results of DNA obtained after reunification - 11. Air pollution, subclinical inflammation and the risk of Type 2 diabetes - 12. Immunotoxic effects of Mercury -- Part III. Changes - 13. Environmental and autoimmunity: facts and gaps - 14. The challenge of predicting the immunotoxic potential of chemicals - 15. Environmental pollution: a human rights perspective -- Index.