Editors: Helen L. Cannon and Howard C. Hopps
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An interdisciplinary symposium on Environmental Geochemistry in Relation to Human Health and Disease was held on December 30, 1968, in Dallas, Texas, at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Participants included scientists from the fields of geochemistry, chemistry, soil science, geography, epidemiology, pathology, biochemistry, nutrition, and dentistry. The purpose of the symposium was to show that the chemistry of rocks, soils, plants, and water in a particular geographic environment may be causally related, either directly or indirectly, to the occurrence of animal and human diseases. The data presented in this volume, based upon the symposium described above, are representative of the state of knowledge in the field of geochemistry concerning the distribution of elements in various rock types of the substrata, the dispersal of these chemical constituents in soils and water during weathering, and their absorption by plants. The variance in trace-element content from optimum levels of availability in different geographic areas is controlled by a combination of geologic and climatic conditions. With respect to biomedical problems, the information presented here concentrates on medical ecology and the importance of geographic pathology in determining cause/effect relationships.
Published: 1/01/1971
ISBN Number: 0-8137-1123-1
Pages: 230
Product Category: Memoirs