Medical Geology: En Route to One Health

ISBN-13: 9781119867340 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 500 str.

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Spis treści

Section 1 - Geochemistry and Health1. Medical geology: Geosphere, human and animal interface2. Biogeochemistry: Essential link between geosphere and biosphere3. Geochemical release and environmental interfacesSection 2 - Dust Storms and Health4. Minerogenic dust: Trace elements5. Silicosis and asbestosis6. Radon and healthSection 3 - Medical Geology of the Hydrosphere7. Water-rock interactions: Mineral dissolution8. Water hardness and health9. Geochemistry of fluoride in the environment and human health10. Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and strategies for alleviation11. Understanding nexus between hydrogeochemical cycling and medical geology of arsenic12. Potentially toxic metals and healthSection 4 - Medical Pedology: Health Effects from Soils and Sediments13. Dynamics of trace element bioavailability in soil: Agronomic enhancement and risk assessment14. Geochemical provenance of metalloids and their release: Implications on medical geology15. Cobalt and copper deficiency and molybdenosis16. Healing clays structure and functionsSection 5 - Case Studies17. Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) ? the search for causes and the impact of its politicization18. Uraniferous province of Lagoa Real: routes, dispersion and impacts of radioelements on health19. Defluoridation20. Pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutic effect of metals and minerals used in traditional medicine21. Understanding the aetiology of trace elements related non-communicable diseases ? reviewing the Ghanaian situation22. Dental fluorosis in Turkey23. Environmental and medical geology of the lead mining and metallurgical complex of Bahia: The case of lead metallurgy, Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil24. Uncontrolled coal fires: How medical geology can save lives

O autorze

Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad, PhD, is Emeritus Professor at the School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India.Meththika Vithanage, PhD, is Professor and founding director of the Ecosphere Resilience Centre, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.