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...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Dissanayake, C. B. (Συγγραφέας), Chandrajith, Rohana (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Σειρά:Erlangen Earth Conference Series
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a 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. 
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