You might also like

More about Introduction to Medical Geology

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 603 loyalty points

Book synopsis

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.

Book details

Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning Earth sciences Geology & the lithosphere

• Full title: Introduction to Medical Geology
• Author: C.B. Dissanayake, Rohana Chandrajith
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 297
• EAN: 9783642004841
• ISBN: 3642004849
• ID: 01649395
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 631 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. April 2009

Trending among others

---

---

---