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Textbook (BUKU)

Geology/Medical

B2010-04707

Introduction to Medical Geology ; Focus on Tropical Environments

978-3-642-00484-1

B2010-04707

Inggris

DISSANAYAKE, C.B. ; CHANDRAJITH, Rohana

Springer-Verlag

Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg, London, New York

2009

Heidelberg

Over two billion people live in tropical lands. Most of them live in intimate contact with the immediate geological environment, obtaining their food and water directly from it. The unique geochemistry of these tropical environments have a marked influence on their health, giving rise to diseases that affect millions of people. The origin of these diseases is geologic as exemplified by dental and skeletal fluorosis, iodine deficiency disorders, trace element imbalances to name a few. This book, one of the first of its kind, serves as an

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