On this page you will find selected papers for downloading and articles on medical
geology.
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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