Overview
- First of its kind dealing with Medical Geology of the tropical environment
- Covers diverse fields
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Erlangen Earth Conference Series (ERLANGEN)
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Over two billion people live in tropical lands. Most of them live in intimate contact with the immediate geological environment, obtaining their food and water directly from it. The unique geochemistry of these tropical environments have a marked influence on their health, giving rise to diseases that affect millions of people. The origin of these diseases is geologic as exemplified by dental and skeletal fluorosis, iodine deficiency disorders, trace element imbalances to name a few. This book, one of the first of its kind, serves as an excellent introduction to the emerging discipline of Medical Geology.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Medical Geology
Authors: C. B. Dissanayake, Rohana Chandrajith
Series Title: Erlangen Earth Conference Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00485-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-00484-1Published: 15 June 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-10150-2Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-00485-8Published: 01 September 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 297
Topics: Geology, Medicine/Public Health, general