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Essentials Of Medical Geology : Impacts Of The Natural Environment On Public Health

  • Essentials Of Medical Geology : Impacts Of The Natural Environment On Public Health

  • Title

    • Medical Geology

  • Attribution

    editor-in-chief, Olle Selinus ; associate editors, Brian J. Alloway … [et al.]

  • Publication Details

    Book, Elsevier Academic Press, 2005

  • Availability

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      (UPPER LEVEL)  RA566 .E84 2005         AVAILABLE

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  • Description

    * Covers recent advances and future research topics at the intersection of environmental science and public health * Developed by 60 experts from 20 countries and edited by professionals from the International Working Group on Medical Geology * Includes 200+ color photographs and illustrations * Organizes information in a highly structured format for easy reference * Written for a broad audience, ranging from students, researchers, and medical professionals to policymakers and the general public (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

  • Authors

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  • Notes

    • "Essentials of Medical Geology can work as both a reference and course book. With over 30 authoritative chapters, it conveys the essential concepts and practical tools required to tackle environmental and public health problems. It is organized into four main sections, allowing users to read from beginning to end or quickly turn to the sections that they need."–BOOK JACKET

  • Contents

    • 1. Medical geology : perspectives and prospects / Brian E. Davies, Charlotte Bowman, Theo C. Davies and Olle Selinus
    • Sect. I. Environmental biology
    • Introduction to section / Ulf Lindh
    • 2. Natural distribution and abundance of elements / Robert G. Garrett
    • 3. Anthropogenic sources / Ron Fuge
    • 4. Uptake of elements from a chemical point of view / Robert J. P. Williams
    • 5. Uptake of elements from a biological point of view / Ulf Lindh
    • 6. Biological functions of the elements / Ulf Lindh
    • 7. Geological impacts on nutrition / Gerald F. Combs, Jr.
    • 8. Biological responses of elements / Monica Nordberg and M. George Cherian
    • Sect. II. Pathways and exposures
    • Introduction to section / Ron Fuge
    • 9. Volcanic emissions and health / Philip Weinstein and Angus Cook
    • 10. Radon in air and water / J. Donald Appleton
    • 11. Arsenic in groundwater and the environment / Pauline Smedley and David G. Kinniburgh
    • 12. Fluoride in natural waters / Mike Edmunds and Pauline Smedley
    • 13. Water hardness and health effects / Eva Rubenowitz-Lundin and Kevin M. Hiscock
    • 14. Bioavailability of elements in soil / Brian J. Alloway
    • 15. Selenium deficiency and toxicity in the environment / Fiona Fordyce
    • 16. Soils and iodine deficiency / Ron Fuge
    • 17. Geophagy and the involuntary ingestion of soil / Peter W. Abrahams
    • 18. Natural aerosolic mineral dusts and human health / Edward Derbyshire
    • 19. The ecology of soil-borne human pathogens / Mark W. Bultman, Frederick S. Fisher and Demosthenes Pappagianis
    • 20. Animals and medical geology / Bernt Jones
    • Sect. III. Environmental toxicology, pathology, and medical geology
    • Introduction to section / Jose A. Centeno
    • 21. Environmental epidemiology / Jesper B. Nielsen and Tina Kold Jensen
    • 22. Environmental medicine / Jefferson Fowles, Philip Weinstein and Chin-Hsiao Tseng
    • 23. Environmental pathology / Jose A. Centeno, Florabel G. Mullick, Kamal G. Ishak, Teri J. Franks, Allen P. Burke, Michael N. Koss, Daniel P. Perl, Paul P. Tchounwou and Joseph P. Pestaner - - 24. Toxicology / Tee L. Guidotti
    • 25. Speciation of trace elements / Bernhard Michalke and Sergio Caroli
    • Sect. IV. Techniques and tools
    • Introduction to section / Robert B. Finkelman
    • 26. GIS in human health studies / Joseph E. Bunnell, Alexander W. Karlsen, Robert B. Finkelman and Timothy M. Shields
    • 27. Investigating vector-borne and zoonotic diseases with remote sensing and GIS / Stephen C. Guptill and Chester G. Moore
    • 28. Mineralogy of bone / H. Catherine W. Skinner
    • 29. Inorganic and organic geochemistry techniques / Mitko Vutchkov, Gerald Lalor and Stephen Macko
    • 30. Histochemical and microprobe analysis in medical geology / Jose A. Centeno, Todor Todorov, Joseph P. Pestaner, Florabel G. Mullick and Wayne B. Jonas
    • 31. Modeling ground water flow and quality / Leonard F. Konikow and Pierre D. Glynn
    • App. A. International reference values / Peter Bobrowsky, Roger Paulen, Brian J. Alloway and Pauline Smedley

  • ISBN

    • 0126363412
    • 9780126363418

  • Open Library ID

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