Description
Section 1 – Geochemistry and Health 1. Medical geology: Geosphere, human and animal interface 2. Biogeochemistry: Essential link between geosphere and biosphere 3. Geochemical release and environmental interfaces Section 2 – Dust Storms and Health 4. Minerogenic dust: Trace elements 5. Silicosis and asbestosis 6. Radon and health Section 3 – Medical Geology of the Hydrosphere 7. Water-rock interactions: Mineral dissolution 8. Water hardness and health 9. Geochemistry of fluoride in the environment and human health 10. Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and strategies for alleviation 11. Understanding nexus between hydrogeochemical cycling and medical geology of arsenic 12. Potentially toxic metals and health Section 4 – Medical Pedology: Health Effects from Soils and Sediments 13. Dynamics of trace element bioavailability in soil: Agronomic enhancement and risk assessment 14. Geochemical provenance of metalloids and their release: Implications on medical geology 15. Cobalt and copper deficiency and molybdenosis 16. Healing clays structure and functions Section 5 – Case Studies 17. Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) ? the search for causes and the impact of its politicization 18. Uraniferous province of Lagoa Real: routes, dispersion and impacts of radioelements on health 19. Defluoridation 20. Pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutic effect of metals and minerals used in traditional medicine 21. Understanding the aetiology of trace elements related non-communicable diseases ? reviewing the Ghanaian situation 22. Dental fluorosis in Turkey 23. Environmental and medical geology of the lead mining and metallurgical complex of Bahia: The case of lead metallurgy, Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil 24. Uncontrolled coal fires: How medical geology can save lives
