Early-life Environmental Exposure and Disease: Facts and Perspectives

Author:   Yankai Xia
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
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9789811537967


Pages:   239
Publication Date:   10 July 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Yankai Xia
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.553kg
ISBN:  

9789811537967


ISBN 10:   9811537968
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   10 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Preface.- Environmental Exposure Measurements and Evaluations.- Prenatal Smoke Exposure and Child Health.- Prenatal Pesticide Exposure and Child Health.- Prenatal Metal Exposure and Child Health.- Prenatal Stress and Child Health.- The Special Vulnerabilities of Child to Environmental Hazards.- Early-life Environmental Influences on Growth.- Early-life Environmental Influences on Neural Development.- Early-life Environmental Influences on Allergic Diseases.- Early-life Social and Economic Adversities on Health.- Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Exposure and Later-onset Diseases.- Paternal Specific Exposure and Child Health.- Molecular Mechanism of Early-life Chemical Exposure Induced Harmful Effects.- Transgenerational Effects on Developmental Origins of Diseases.

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Prof. Xia is the Dean of the School of Public Health (SPH), Nanjing Medical University (NMU), Vice Director of the International Research Center of Environment and Human Health, and the PI of the State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology, China. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2007 and then joined the SPH at NMU. In 2014, he was awarded a professorship. Prof. Xia’s work focuses on environmental chemicals and reproductive health, and his main research areas include the identification of environmental chemicals with reproductive toxicity; gene-environmental interactions and infertility; early-life environmental exposure and maternal & child health based on birth cohorts. In recent years, he has presided over 20 international and national projects and published more than 200 SCI papers in authoritative journals in toxicology, environmental health and reproductive health. He also holds over 10 national invention patents.

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