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Author Dissanayake, C. B.

Title Introduction to medical geology : focus on tropical environments / C.B. Dissanayake, Rohana Chandrajith
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource ([xviii], 297 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits
Series Erlangen earth conference series
Erlangen Earth conference series.
Contents Introduction -- 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 geochemistry 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 -- boon or bane?- Baseline geochemical data for medical geology in tropical environments -- References -- Index
Summary The unique geochemistry of tropical environments have a marked influence on their health, giving rise to diseases that affect millions of people. The origin of these diseases is geologic as exemplified by dental and skeletal fluorosis, and iodine deficiency disorders. This book presents an introduction to the discipline of Medical Geology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-291) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Environmentally induced diseases -- Tropics
Geology -- Health aspects -- Tropics
Medical geography -- Tropics
Environmental health.
Topography, Medical -- methods
Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects
Environmental Health
Tropical Medicine -- methods
MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious.
Environmental health.
Tropical Medicine -- methods.
Environmentally induced diseases -- Tropics.
Geology -- Health aspects -- Tropics.
Medical geography -- Tropics.
Tropenkrankheit.
Umweltgeochemie.
Topography, Medical -- methods.
Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Environmental health
Environmentally induced diseases
Medical geography
Tropenkrankheit
Umweltgeochemie
Tropen.
Tropics
Tropen
Form Electronic book
Author Chandrajith, Rohana.
ISBN 9783642004858
3642004857