Medical Geology

Foreword

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Preface

Editors

1. Medical Geology: Perspective and Prospective

Brian Davies

Charlotte Bowman

Theo Davies

Olle Selinus

I. Environmental biology

Introduction to section. Ulf Lindh

2. Natural background

Robert Garrett

3. Anthropogenic sources

Ron Fuge

4. Uptake of elements from a chemical point of view

Robert J.B. Williams


5. Uptake of elements from a biological point of view

Ulf Lindh


6. Biological functions of the elements

Ulf Lindh


7. Geological impacts on nutrition
Gerald Combs

8. Deficiencies and toxicities of elements

Monica Nordberg
M. George Cherian


II. Pathways and exposures

Introduction to section. Ron Fuge

9. Volcanic emissions and health

Philip Weinstein
Angus Cook

10. Radon in air and water

Don Appleton

11. Arsenic in groundwater and the environment.

Pauline Smedley

David G. Kinniburgh

12. Fluoride in natural waters – occurrence, controls and health aspects

Mike Edmunds

Pauline Smedley

13. Water hardness and health effects.

Eva Rubenowitz-Lundin

Kevin M. Hiscock

14. The bioavailability of trace and major elements in soil

Brian Alloway

15. The Natural Environment - Selenium Deficiency and Toxicity – Process Related Diseases

Fiona Fordyce

16. Iodine Geochemistry, Soils and Iodine Deficiency

Ron Fuge

17. Geophagy and the involuntary ingestion of soil

Peter Abrahams

18. Natural aerosolic mineral dusts and human health: potential effects

Ed Derbyshire

19. An overview of the ecology of soil-borne human pathogens

Mark Bultman

Frederick S. Fisher

Demosthenes Pappagianis

20. Animals and medical geology

Bernt Jones

III. Environmental Toxicology, Pathology and Medical Geology

Introduction to section. Jose Centeno

21. Environmental epidemiology

Jesper B. Nielsen
Tina Kold Jensen

22. Environmental medicine

Jefferson Fowles

Philip Weinstein

Chin-Hsiao Tseng


23. Environmental pathology

Jose Centeno

Florabel G. Mullick

Kamal G. Ishak

Teri J. Franks

Allen P. Burke
Michael N. Koss

Daniel P. Pearl

Paul B. Tchounwou

Joseph P. Pestaner

24. Toxicology
Tee L. Guidotti

25. Speciation of Trace Elements: Methods and Public Health

Bernhard Michalke

Dr. Sergio Caroli

IV. Techniques and tools

Introduction to section. Robert B. Finkelman

26. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Databases for Human Health Studies

Joseph E. Bunnell

Alexander W. Karlsen

Timothy M. Shields

Robert B. Finkelman

27. Use of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science Techniques in the Study of Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Stephen Guptill

Chester G. Moore

28. Mineralogy of bioapatites: Bones, Teeth and Pathological Deposits

Catherine W. Skinner

29. Inorganic and organic geochemistry techniques

Mitko Vutchkov
Gerald Lalor
Stephen Macko

30. Histochemical and microprobe analysis in medical geology

Jose Centeno

Todor Todorov

Joseph P. Pestanov

Wayne B. Jonas

31. Modeling Ground-Water flow and Quality

Leonard F. Konikow
Pierre D. Glynn

Appendices

A. International reference values

Peter Bobrowsky

Roger Paulen

Pauline Smedley

Brian Alloway

B. Glossary

C. Annottated URLs for Chapter-related Websites of interest