Practical applications of medical geology / Malcolm Siegel, Olle Selinus, Robert Finkelman, editors.
Siegel, Malcolm, editor.; Selinus, O. (Olle), editor.; Finkelman, Robert B. (Robert Barry), editor.
2021
RB152.5 .P73 2021eb
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Title Practical applications of medical geology / Malcolm Siegel, Olle Selinus, Robert Finkelman, editors.
ISBN 9783030538934 (electronic bk.)
3030538931 (electronic bk.)
3030538923
9783030538927
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53893-4
Imprint Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-53893-4 doi
Call Number RB152.5 .P73 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.9/8
Summary This edited volume provides a framework for integrating methods and information drawn from geological and medical sciences and provides case studies in medical geology to illustrate the usefulness of this framework for crafting environmental and public health policies related to natural materials. The relevance of medical geology research to policy decisions is a topic rarely discussed, and this volume attempts to be a unique source for researchers and policy makers in the field of medical geology in addressing this gap in practical medical geology applications. The book's four sections establish this framework in detail using risk assessment, case studies, data analyses and specific medical geology techniques. Following an introduction to medical geology in the context of risk assessment and risk management, the second section discusses specific methods used in medical geology in the categories of geoscience, biomedicine, and data sources. The third section discusses the medical geology of natural materials, energy use, and environmental and workplace impacts. This section includes specific case studies in medical geology, and describes how the methods and data from the previous section are used in a medical geology analysis. The fourth section includes a guide to the medical geology literature and provides some examples of medical geology programs in Asia and Africa.
Note Includes index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 16, 2021).
Added Author Siegel, Malcolm, editor.
Selinus, O. (Olle), editor.
Finkelman, Robert B. (Robert Barry), editor.
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1. 1A. Geoscience methods in medical geology
1A2. Evaluating geoavailability
1A3. Isotope techniques used in biomedical studies
1B. Biomedical methods in medical geology
1B1. Exposure assessment
1B2. Bioaccessibility and bioavailability
1B3. Toxicology: basic toxicology methods and principles
1B4-Medical diagnosis
1C. Data sources in medical geology
1C1. Geoscience databases describing occurrence of key pollutants
1C2. Spatial analysis and GIS methods
1C3. Health databases
2. 2A. Medical geology of geologic materials
2A1. Medical geology of water
2A2. Medical geology of soil
2A3. Medical geology of dust
2A4. Medical geology of ore mining
2A5. Health impacts of asbestos
2A6. Volcanic emissions
2B. Medical geology of energy use
2B1. Coal
2B2. Fracking and other unconventional oil and gas
2B3. Radioactivity
2C. Impacts
2C1. Impacts of geology on animal health
2C2. Occupational issues
2C3. Essential element deficiencies
2C4. Environmental justice
2C5. Benefits
2C6. Urban medical geology/legacy of natural disasters
2C7. Medical geology of indigenous people
2C8. Climate change and medical geology
3. Case Studies [TBD].

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