Full Description
Environmental Pollution and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus elucidates on the global impact of environmental pollution and how it increases diabetes mellitus. Swift urbanization and the industrial revolution have increased environmental pollution to a hazardous level. Environmental pollution is a leading risk factor for several well-known diseases. This book opens venues for students, physicians, researchers, the science community, and policymakers to enhance their knowledge about environmental pollution, weather conditions, climate change, and their impact on insulin resistance and mechanisms allied to Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Moreover, this book will provide knowledge about the green space environment and its impact on T2DM.
Contents
1. Environmental Epidemiology: Past, Present and Future
2. Environmental Pollution and Global Health
3. Journey of air pollutants from the environment to the human body
4. Pollution and Pancreas
5. Air Pollution and Insulin Resistance
6. Air pollution and glucose metabolism
7. Environmental Pollution and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
8. Climate Conditions: Temperature, Humidity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
9. Work Exposure to air pollution and Diabetes Mellitus
10. Pathophysiology of Air Pollution and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
11. Air pollution allied with obesity and Type 2 diabetes mellitus
12. Air pollution and gestational diabetes mellitus
13. Bibliography / References
