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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Medical Geology
    sub title: A Regional Synthesis
  name:
    name part: Selinus, Olle.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Finkelman, Robert B.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Centeno, Jose A.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXII, 392 p. 180 illus., 79 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: The rapidly expanding field of medical geology deals with the relationships between natural geological factors and health, both human and animal. It also aims to improve our understanding of the ways in which the geological environment has an impact on the geographical distribution of health problems. This new book brings together the work of geoscientists and medical/public health researchers, and addresses the 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 the volume are: human and animal 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; and the effects of volcanic emissions. Examining the positive side of the equation as well as the negative, the book 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.
  table of contents: Medical Geology Issues in North America -- A Regional Perspective of Medical Geology – Cadmium in Jamaica -- Medical Geology in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean -- Medical Geology Studies in South America -- An Overview of Medical Geology Issues in Australia and Oceania -- Medical Geology in the Middle East -- Some Aspects of the Medical Geology of the Indian Subcontinent and Neighbouring Regions -- Medical Geology in Africa -- Medical Geology in Russia and the NIS -- Medical Geology in Europe -- Medical Geology in China: Then and Now -- Medical Geology in Japan -- Medical Geology in Hellas: The Lavrion Environmental Pollution Study.
  note: edited by Olle Selinus, Robert B. Finkelman, Jose A. Centeno.
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Geotechnical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Medicine
  subject:
    topic: Environmental health
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Health
  subject:
    topic: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Medicine/Public Health, general
  classification: RA565-600
  classification: 613.1
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
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  identifier: 9789048134304
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3430-4
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    record creation date: 100628
    record change date: 20151125192224.0
    record identifier: 978-90-481-3430-4