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Introduction to Medical Geology
Over two billion people live in tropical lands. Most of them live in intimate contact with the immediate geological environment, obtaining their food and water directly from it. The unique geochemistry of these tropical environments have a marked influence on their health, giving rise to diseases th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2009. |
| Colección: | Erlangen Earth Conference Series
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Geochemistry of the Tropical Environment
- Bioavailability of Trace Elements and Risk Assessment
- Medical Geology of Fluoride
- Iodine Geochemistry and Health
- Nitrates in the Geochemical Environment
- Medical Geology of Arsenic
- Water Hardness in Relation to Cardiovascular Diseases and Urinary Stones
- Selenium- A New Entrant to Medical Geology
- Geological Basis of Podoconiosis, Geophagy and other Diseases
- High Natural Radioactivity in Some Tropical Lands #x2013; Boon or Bane?
- Baseline Geochemical Data for Medical Geology in Tropical Environments.