Medical Geology: Effects of Geological Environments on Human Health

Geology, one of the basic natural sciences, is proving to be of outstanding importance in solving problems relating to:

agriculture
exploitation of the Earth's mineral resources
environmental issues
soil preservation
water
energy and other resources
protection against natural disasters (landslides, floods, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes) as well as human health.


The main objective of the book Medical Geology: Effects of Geological Environments on Human Health is to show how the geological environment affects human health and to explore preventative methods for improvement.

This monograph consists of the following five segments:

Introduction
Geological and other factors and their influence on the human health
Subject, tasks and methods of geomedical discipline
Regional medical geology
Applied medical geology


The topics covered in this book will be of interest to a wide circle of readers, including geologists, doctors, biologists, ecologists, planners and many others who are dedicated to the quality and protection of human health.

1. General part.
2. Geological factors.
3. Other natural factors.
4. Anthropogenic factors.
5. Socio-economic factors and their influence on human health and health protection.
6. The geography of disease (nosogeography).
7. Subject and tasks of geological and medical disciplines in defining quality of the environment and its influence on human health.
8. Methods of medical geology.
9. Regional medical geology.
10. Applied medical geology.
11. Use of applied medical geology results in economy and health care.

The original book, "Medicinska Geologija", was published in 2002 by "Tellur" (publishing house) in Belgrade, Serbia.