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Soil Components and Human Health

  • Unique, interdisciplinary volume on the behaviour and mobility of earth materials
  • Includes comprehensive knowledge on chemical and biological material in the pedosphere-hydrosphere-atmosphere continuum
  • Looks at the interactions of these with the human body

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiii
  2. Soil Quality and Human Health

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 1-34
  3. Medicinal Uses of Soil Components, Geophagia and Podoconiosis

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 35-97
  4. Soil-Borne Particles and Their Impact on Environment and Human Health

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 99-177
  5. Soil-Borne Gases and Their Influence on Environment and Human Health

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 179-221
  6. Macro- and Secondary Elements and Their Role in Human Health

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 257-315
  7. Microelements and Their Role in Human Health

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 317-374
  8. Role of Potentially Toxic Elements in Soils

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 375-450
  9. Health Risks Associated with Radionuclides in Soil Materials

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 451-501
  10. Health Risks Associated with Pesticides in Soils

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 503-573
  11. Health Risks Associated with Organic Pollutants in Soils

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 575-657
  12. Occurrence and Fate of Human and Veterinary Medicinal Products

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 659-721
  13. Soil as a Transmitter of Human Pathogens

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 723-827
  14. Soil as an Environmental Reservoir of Prion Diseases

    • Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
    Pages 829-863
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 865-886

About this book

This volume highlights important links existing between soils and human health which up to now are not fully realized by the public. Soil materials may have deleterious, beneficial or no impacts on human health; therefore, understanding the complex relationships between diverse soil materials and human health will encourage creative cooperation between soil and environmental sciences and medicine. The topics covered in this book will be of immense value to a wide range of readers, including soil scientists, medical scientists and practitioners, nursing scientists and staff, toxicologists, ecologists, agronomists, geologists, geochemists, public health professionals, planners and several others. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

    Rolf Nieder

  • Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Ludhiana, India

    Dinesh K. Benbi

  • Walther-Straub Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, LMU, Munich, Germany

    Franz X. Reichl

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eBook USD 99.00
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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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