Medical Geology A Regional Synthesis /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Selinus, Olle (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Finkelman, Robert B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Centeno, Jose A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: International Year of Planet Earth
• Θέματα: Environment.; Geotechnical engineering.; Medicine.; Environmental health.; Environmental Health.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

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 problem...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.