Medical Geochemistry: Geological Materials and Health

By Paolo Censi

Book Overview

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: what's 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: ?tang Saum?tre, Haiti.- Trace Element Composition of Modern Human Bone.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400796366
• ISBN13: 9789400796362
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"