Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health

by Olle Selinus

This authoritative reference volume emphasizes the importance and interrelationships of geological processes to the health and diseases of humans and animals. Its accessible format fosters better communication between the health and geoscience communities by elucidating the geologic origins and flow of toxic elements in the environment that lead to human exposure through the consumption of food and water. For example, problems of excess intake from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0126363412
• ISBN13: 9780126363418
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 5.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 1.3" x 9.0"