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Essentials of Medical Geology Revised Edition /
Essentials of Medical Geology reviews the essential concepts and practical tools required to tackle environmental and public health problems. It is organized into four main sections. The first section deals with the fundamentals of environmental biology, the natural and anthropogenic sources of heal...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Medical Geology: Perspectives and Prospects
- Public Health and Geological Processes: and Overview of a Fundamental Relationship
- Natural Distribution and Abundance of Elements
- Anthropogenic Sources
- Uptake of Elements from a Chemical Point of View
- Uptake of Elements from a Biological Point of View
- Biological Functions of the Elements
- Geological Impacts on Nutrition
- Biological Responses of Elements
- Volcanic Emissions and Health
- Radon in Air and Water
- Arsenic in groundwater and the environment
- Fluoride in natural waters
- Water Hardness and Health Effects
- Bioavailability of Elements in Soil
- Selenium Deficiency and Toxicity in the Environment
- Soils and Iodine Deficiency
- Geophagy and the Involuntary Ingestion of Soil
- Natural Aerosolic Mineral Dusts and Human Health
- The Ecology of Soil-Borne Human Pathogens
- Animals and Medical Geology
- The impact of micronutrient deficiencies in agricultural soils and crops on the nutritional health of humans
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Environmental Medicine
- Environmental Pathology
- Toxicology
- Speciation of Trace Elements
- GIS in Human Health Studies
- Investigating Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases with Remote Sensing and GIS
- Mineralogy of Bone
- Inorganic and Organic Geochemistry Techniques
- Histochemical and Microprobe Analysis in Medical Geology
- Chapter Modeling Groundwater Flow and Quality
- Appendix A International Reference Values
- Appendix B: Web Links
- Appendix C: Glossary
- Index. .