Integrating the science of aging and environmental health research proceedings of a workshop--in brief

Understanding and ensuring healthy aging has become increasingly important as the human life span increases with each decade. The need to better understand the role of environmental exposures in the development of aging-related diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and dementia, is now a...

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Main Author: Pool, Robert
Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.)., National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Standing Committee on the Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Other Authors: Sharples, Frances Ellen ([rapporteur]), Sawyer, Keegan ([rapporteur])
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC The National Academies Press 2020, September 2020
Series:Proceedings of a workshop--in brief
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Summary:Understanding and ensuring healthy aging has become increasingly important as the human life span increases with each decade. The need to better understand the role of environmental exposures in the development of aging-related diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and dementia, is now an important driver for research at the intersection of aging and environmental health. With that in mind, on June 9-10, 2020, the Standing Committee on the Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a 1.5-day workshop to explore how environmental exposures influence or mediate aging and how aging influences environmentally mediated health outcomes. The workshop brought together a multidisciplinary group of experts who described the current state of knowledge in the field as well as ideas for next steps including research opportunities and needs, enabling technologies and analytical tools, and mechanisms to anticipate and use new data to inform environmental health decisions. This Proceedings of a Workshop in Brief summarizes the invited speakers' presentations and the discussion periods that followed each session
Physical Description:1 PDF file (13 pages) illustration
ISBN:9780309681902
0309681901