Essentials of medical geology : impacts of the natural environment on public health /

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This authoritative reference volume emphasizes the importance and interrelationships of geological processes to the health and diseases of humans and animals. Its accessible format fosters better communication between the health and geoscience communities by elucidating the geologic origins and flow...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Selinus, O. (Olle), Alloway, B. J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Environmental health.
Environmentally induced diseases.
Environmental toxicology.
Medical geography.
Geology > Health aspects.
Ecological assessment (Biology)
Water quality biological assessment.
Ecological risk assessment.
Environmental Exposure
Environmental Health
Environmental Illness
Geography > methods
Topography, Medical
Environmental Medicine
Ecotoxicology
Géologie > Aspect sanitaire.
Maladies de l'environnement.
Médecine de l'environnement.
Hygiène du milieu.
Écotoxicologie.
Géographie médicale.
Évaluation écologique (Biologie)
Eau > Qualité > Évaluation biologique.
Exposition (Toxicologie)
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
MEDICAL > Epidemiology.
Ecological risk assessment
Environmental health
Environmental toxicology
Environmentally induced diseases
Medical geography
Water quality biological assessment
Engenharia ambiental.
Saúde ambiental.
Geologia (aspectos médicos)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Medical geology : perspectives and prospects / Brian E. Davies [and others]
  • Natural distribution and abundance of elements / Robert G. Garrett
  • Anthropogenic sources / Ron Fuge
  • Uptake of elements from a chemical point of view / Robert J.P. Williams
  • Uptake of elements from a biological point of view / Ulf Lindh
  • Biological functions of the elements / Ulf Lindh
  • Geological impacts on nutrition / Gerald F. Combs, Jr.
  • Biological responses of elements / Monica Nordberg, M. George Cherian
  • Volcanic emissions and health / Philip Weinstein, Angus Cook
  • Radon in air and water / J. Donald Appleton
  • Arsenic in groundwater and the environment / Pauline Smedley, David G. Kinniburgh
  • Fluoride in natural waters / Mike Edmunds, Pauline Smedley
  • Water hardness and health effects / Eva Rubenowitz-Lundin, Kevin M. Hiscock
  • Bioavailability of elements in soil / Brian J. Alloway
  • Selenium deficiency and toxicity in the environment / Fiona Fordyce
  • Soils and iodine deficiency / Ron Fuge
  • Geophagy and the involuntary ingestion of soil / Peter W. Abrahams
  • Natural aerosolic mineral dusts and human health / Edward Derbyshire
  • The ecology of soil-borne human pathogens / Mark W. Bultman, Frederick S. Fisher, Demosthenes Pappagianis
  • Animals and medical geology / Bernt Jones
  • Environmental epidemiology / Jesper B. Nielsen, Tina Kold Jensen
  • Environmental medicine / Jefferson Fowles, Philip Weinstein, Chin-Hsiao Tseng
  • Environmental pathology / José A. Centeno [and others]
  • Toxicology / Tee L. Guidotti
  • Speciation of trace elements / Bernhard Michalke, Sergio Caroli
  • GIS in human health studies / Joseph E. Bunnell [and others]
  • Investigating vector-borne and zoonotic diseases with remote sensing and GIS / Stephen C. Guptill, Chester G. Moore
  • Mineralogy of bone / H. Catherine W. Skinner
  • Inorganic and organic geochemistry techniques / Mitko Vutchkov, Gerald Lalor, Stephen Macko
  • Histochemical and microprobe analysis in medical geology / José A. Centeno [and others]
  • Modeling ground water flow and quality / Leonard F. Konikow, Pierre D. Glynn.

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