Medical Geology of Africa: A Research Primer

ISBN-13: 9780128187487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024

Theophilus Clavell (Research Professor (Medical Geology) at

Spis treści

Part I Some topical issues in medical geology of Africa: current knowledge and research gaps
1. General introduction
2. Project selection, proposal writing and reporting (dissertation or thesis) in medical geology
3. Geoenvironmental variables as causal co-factors of diseases of unknown aetiology in Africa
4. Environmental health impacts of geogenic source pollution in Africa
5. Combatting effects of ionising radiation exposure around uranium and gold mines in subsaharan Africa
6. Geophagic practices in Africa

Part II An exposition of some geomedically important elements, with Africa case descriptions
7. Introduction
8. Medical geology of arsenic
9. Medical geology of fluorine
10. Medical geology of iodine
11. Medical geology of lead
12. Medical geology of manganese
13. Medical geology of mercury
14. Medical geology of selenium
15. Medical geology of zinc

Part III Conclusion
16. General conclusion
17. Conclusion: medical geology in Africa - future perspectives and prospects