Geology and health : closing the gap / H. Catherine W. Skinner and Antony R. Berger.

By:

Skinner, H. Catherine W [author.]

Contributor(s):

Berger, Antony R [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (192 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780195347524
0195347528
0195162048
9780195162042

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

551 614.4/2

LOC classification:

RA566

NLM classification:

2003 G-849
WA 670

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Contents:

Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Natural Geologic Hazards; Part II: Anthropogenic Changes to the Geologic Environment; Part III: Identifying the Hazards; Summary; Glossary of Medical Terms; Index.

Summary: List of Contributors. Introduction. Part I: Natural Geologic Hazards. 1. Linking Health To Geology, Antony R. Berger. A. Physical--Obvious and Immediate. Commentary. 2. Natural Dust and Pneumoconiosis in High Asia, Edward Derbyshire. 3. Human Sickness and Mortality Rates in Relation to the Distant Eruption of Volcanic Gases: Rural England and the 1783 Eruption of the Laki Fissure, Iceland, John Grattan et al. B. Chemical--"Silent" and Long Term. Commentary. 4. Human Geophagy: a Review of Its Distribution, Causes, and Implications, Peter W. Abrahams. 5. Geogenic Arsenic and Associated.

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List of Contributors. Introduction. Part I: Natural Geologic Hazards. 1. Linking Health To Geology, Antony R. Berger. A. Physical--Obvious and Immediate. Commentary. 2. Natural Dust and Pneumoconiosis in High Asia, Edward Derbyshire. 3. Human Sickness and Mortality Rates in Relation to the Distant Eruption of Volcanic Gases: Rural England and the 1783 Eruption of the Laki Fissure, Iceland, John Grattan et al. B. Chemical--"Silent" and Long Term. Commentary. 4. Human Geophagy: a Review of Its Distribution, Causes, and Implications, Peter W. Abrahams. 5. Geogenic Arsenic and Associated.