Overview
- Gives a detailed global overview of the effects of our natural environment to our health
- All aspects are covered on a regional-global scale
- A truly interdisciplinary study written by geoscientists and medical scientists
- Complement to the award winning Essentials of Medical Geology
Part of the book series: International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Medical Geology is a rapidly growing field concerned with the relationship between natural geological factors and human and animal health, as well as with improving our understanding of the influence of environmental factors on the geographical distribution of health problems. This book brings together the work of geoscientists and medical/public health researchers, which addresses health problems caused, or exacerbated by geological materials (rocks, minerals, atmospheric dust and water) and processes (including volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Among the environmental health problems discussed in this book are: exposure to toxic levels of trace essential and non-essential elements such as arsenic and mercury; trace element deficiencies; exposure to natural dusts and to radioactivity; naturally occurring organic compounds in drinking water; volcanic emissions, etc. The text also deals with the many health benefits of geologic materials and processes.
This wide-ranging volume covers issues in medical geology all over the world with each author covering their respective region. It provides examples from different continents as well as a state-of-the-art review of the latest developments in the discipline. The authors are all recognized geoscientific and medical experts working in the field. The book is written for a wide variety of specialists from geologists, geochemists, pathologists and medical doctors to veterinarians and biologists.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Medical Geology
Book Subtitle: A Regional Synthesis
Editors: Olle Selinus, Robert B. Finkelman, Jose A. Centeno
Series Title: International Year of Planet Earth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3430-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3429-8Published: 07 July 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3263-6Published: 07 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3430-4Published: 27 June 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 392
Number of Illustrations: 101 b/w illustrations, 79 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Health, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Medicine/Public Health, general