It was decided at the workshop in Uppsala in June 1998 to publish an interdisciplinary book on medical geology covering most aspects of this subject. Editor in chief is Olle Selinus. The book was further discussed together with Academic Press, USA at the workshop in Uppsala, Sweden in August 2000. Below are the contents of the book. The book is now printed.
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Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Olle Selinus
Geological Survey of Sweden
Uppsala, 751 28, SWEDEN
Associate Editors
Prof. Ulf Lindh
Centre for Metal Biology
Biomedical Radiation Sciences
SE- 75185 Uppsala, SWEDEN
Dr. Jose Centeno
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Dpt of Environmental and Toxicologic Pathology
20306-6000 Washington DC, USA
Prof. Ron Fuge
Institute of Earth Sciences
University College of Wales
SY23 3DB Aberystwyth, Great Britain
Prof. Brian Alloway
The University of Reading
Department of Soil Science
Whiteknights, PO Box 233, Reading
Berkshire RG6 6DW, Great Britain
Dr. Pauline Smedley
British Geological Survey
Maclean Building
Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford
Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, Great Britain
Dr.Robert Finkelman
United States Geological Survey
Mailstop 956
Reston, VA20192, USA
Audience of the book:
Junior to senior undergraduates and educated decision-makers.
Main objective
To emphasise the importance of geology in health and disease in humans and animals.The text was laid out such that the message is forwarded already in the introduction to be followed by exciting case studies catching the attention and interest of the reader. The lay-out is such that the reader can stop reading after the important message has been received and comprehended. Increasing complexity is then followed in various respects.
Apart from the introduction, summary and appendix the book contains 4 sections. Section 1 is a general background for geoscientists, medics and vets and are very important for all readers in order to be able to fully understand the rest of the book. The very heart of the book will be section 2, covering medical geology, the effects of our natural environment (geology) on health. There is also a chapter on anthropogenic sources in this section because it sometimes is impossible to discriminate between natural and anthropogenic sources. This chapter however only gives a broad overview. Section 3 covers epidemiology Section 4 covers the techniques and tools our different sciences use and which could be used by each other. There is also a large appendix with tables on guideline values, reference values etc
Here is an overview of the book: