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Compilation of published papers in medical geology (press here for a list)


PAPERS FOR DOWNLOADING

FULL PAPERS (English)

Environmental pathology and health effects of arsenic poisoning:
An introduction and overview

Arsenic Induced Lesions. Centeno, Martinez, Ladich, Page, Mullick, Ishak, Zheng, Gibb, Thompson, Longfellow. 2000.

The International Tissue and Tumor Repository for Chronic Arseniasis at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

THEORETICAL BASIS FOR MEDICAL GEOLOGY , Harwant Singh, University Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
terratee@frst.unimas.my

Medicinine geologija – besiformuojanti tarpdisciplinine tyrimu kryptis. Medical geology. Lithuanian report on Zambia. Author Jonas Satkunas.

Conservation Medicine - Combining the Best of All Worlds.Bob Weinhold, Environmental Health Perspectives, vol 11, no 10, August 2003

Finkelman R.B., Centeno, J.A., Selinus, O., Pereira, J.J. 2004. Medical Geology: An Emerging Discipline. Submitted to Environmental Health Focus, publication of the EHRC and IMR, with support from WHO.

Pereira, J.J., Stephen Ambu, Saim Suratman and Hamzah Mohamad 2004. Strengthening Environmental Health in Malaysia – Linking Medical Geology to Health and the Environment. Submitted to Environmental Health Focus, publication of the EHRC and IMR, with support from WHO.

Medical geology - a fascinating new science. By Chandra Dissanayake. In Humboldt Kosmos, 84/2004

Medical Geology - a chapter from the book Environmental Medicine giving an introduction to medical geology. (6MB) English

Medical geology: Emerging Discipline on the Ecosystem-Human health interface. By Joe Bunnell. EcoHealth 1, 15-18, 2004

Of Stones and Health: Medical Geology in Sri Lanka. Essay in Science 5 August 2005 by Chandra Dissanayake

Medical Geology - New relevance in the Earth Sciences. By Bowman, C., Bobrowski, P., Selinus, O., 2003. Episodes Vol 26 No 4

Evidence of a relationship between childhood-onset type I diabetes and low groundwater concentration of zinc
B Haglund, K Ryckenberg, O Selinus and G Dahlquist

Genetic Predisposition to Fiber Carcinogenesis Causes a Mesothelioma Epidemic in Turkey
A. Umran Dogan,Y Izzettin Baris, Meral Dogan, Salih Emri, Ian Steele, Amira G. Elmishad and Michele Carbone

Health Impacts of Coal - Should we be concerned (Geotimes)

Military Medical Geology

Surface water systems as waste disposal sites, Lorestan, Iran. Shahab Varkouhi

Interview with Jose Centeno in Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Chemical Technology, 2007.

Interview with Jose Centeno in The Royal Society of Chemistry on Health and Natural Hazards

The Medical Geology Revolution. Selinus, Finkelman, Centeno. 2007 From Tribune, BRGM, France

Medical geology - a new future for Geoscience. Selinus, Finkelman, Centeno, European Geologist 2005

Global Impacts of Geogenic Arsenic - A Medical Geology Perspective. Centeno, Finkelman 2007. From Tribune, BRGM, France

Pathology Related to Chronic Arsenic Exposure. Jose A. Centeno, Florabel G. Mullick, Leonor Martinez, Norbert P. Page, Herman Gibb, David Longfellow, Claudia Thompson, and Elena R. Ladich

Medical Geology: An emerging speciality. Selinus. 2004. Terrae Vol 1 No 1

Medical Geology: The emergence of a new discipline. 2007. Finkelman, Centeno, Selinus. Terrae Vol 2 No 1/2

The Medical Geology Revolution - The evolution of an IUGS Initiative. Selinus, Finkelman, Centeno. Episodes Dec 2007.

Nature and Medicine - a breakthrough for human health. Weinstein, Selinus 2008

PAPERS IN SWEDISH

Den farliga jorden (The dangerous Earth). From the newspaper Upsala Nya Tidning. January 3, 2004

"Doktorn har ordet" (in Swedish). The physician informs. From a local newspaper in Härnösand, Sweden Dec 2004.

Medicinsk geologi (Medical Geology). Author Pål Stenberg. Sjukhusfarmaci nr 4, 2004

Medicinsk Geologi (From Geologiskt Forum 2005)

ARSENIC. New publication i Swedish on arsenic, environmental effects and health effects in Sweden with many maps. Published in Swedish.

Hotet från underjorden (The threat from below) Article from Sydsvenska Dagbladet March 11 2006

Areally nice school thesis by Thor Pleijel, Medicinsk Geologi (Medical Geology).

Medicinsk Geologi. Olle Selinus, Kaj Lax. Chapter from the book "Katastrof", Ymer 2006

Geologi och medicin hör ihop. From Roads 2007.

Sjuk av Berget. Geologi och medicin hör ihop. Lagerbladet No 4 2007

Medicinsk Geologi. Geologiskt Forum 2008

TRANSLATIONS TO SPANISH

Geología Médica:
Una especialidad emergente
Olle Selinus
TERRÆ, Vol. 1 (1), 2004 (A1-A8)

Medical geology (geomedicine) . Translation to Spanish

BASES TEORICAS PARA LA GEOLOGIA MEDICA
(THEORETICAL BASIS FOR MEDICAL GEOLOGY)
Harwant Singh
Translation to Spanish

Medical Geology
by Robert B. Finkelman, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Geoffrey S. Plumlee and Joseph E. Bunnell
Geología médica
por Robert B. Finkelman, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Geoffrey S. Plumlee y Joseph E. Bunnell
Geotimes, Nov. 2001 (Spanish translation)

ABSTRACTS ON MEDICAL GEOLOGY FROM INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIAS

2004 Force Health Protection, New Mexico, Aug 2004

First International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research. Jackson, USA, Sept 2004

XXXV International Congress on Military Medicine, Washington DC, Sept 2004

Pathology International, Australia, 2004

Geological factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. By Cook, Finkelman, Weinstein.Patholgy International 2004