Medical Geochemistry Geological Materials and Health /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Censi, Paolo. (Editor), Darrah, Thomas. (Editor), Erel, Yigal. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Geography.; Biochemistry.; Geochemistry.; Environmental Medicine.; Environmental toxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Health.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Ecotoxicology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4372-4

This book includes a collection of chapters illustrating the application of geochemical methods to investigate the interactions between geological materials and fluids with humans. Examples include the incorporation and human health effects of inhaling lithogenic materials, the reactivity of biologi...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• How trace element contents in bronchoalveolar lavages can probe the human exposure to inhaled particulates
• Geochemistry and Biochemistry - insights into the fate and transport of Pt-based chemotherapy drugs
• Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM) in the Middle East: Toxicity, trans-boundary transport and influence of synoptic conditions.- Reaction path modeling: theoretical aspects and applications
• An observation on the composition of urinary calculi: environment influence
• Magnetite minerals in the human brain: whats their role?
• Chemometrics and Medical Geochemistry: A brief tutorial
• Dust, metals and metalloids in the environment: from air to hair
• Metal Geochemistry of a Brackish Lake: ẗang SaumĐtre, Haiti
• Trace Element Composition of Modern Human Bone.