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" Environmental Geochemistry and Health : "
edited by S.H.U. Bowie, I. Thornton.
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714387
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b536537
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edited by S.H.U. Bowie, I. Thornton.
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Environmental Geochemistry and Health : : Report to the Royal Society's British National Committee for Problems of the Environment\ edited by S.H.U. Bowie, I. Thornton.
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985
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GeoJournal library, 2.
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(144 pages).
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9400952651
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: 9789400952652
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1. Introduction --;1.1. Origins and Remit --;1.2. Actions Taken --;1.3. Royal Society Working Party on Environmental Geochemistry and Health --;2. Principles Of Environmental Geochemistry --;2.1. Summary --;2.2. Introduction --;2.3. The Distribution of Elements in Rocks and some Geochemical Associations --;2.4. Redistribution of Chemical Elements by Weathering --;2.5. Chemical Elements in the Surface Environment and Factors Influencing Redistribution --;2.6. Uranium and Daughters --;2.7. Regional Geochemical Maps --;2.8. Regional Geochemistry of Britain --;2.9. Trace Elements in Soils --;2.10. Metal Pollution --;2.11. References --;3. Plant-Soil Processes --;3.1. Summary --;3.2. Introduction --;3.3. Major Elements N, P, K, Ca, and Mg --;3.4. Other Elements --;3.5. The Availability of Elements: Plant Factors --;3.6. The Availability of Elements in the Soil: Soil Factors --;3.7. The Root-Soil System --;3.8. Practical Crop Problems in Britain --;3.9. The Availability and Need for Soil Information Relating to Geochemistry --;3.10. References --;4. Geochemistry And Animal Health --;4.1. Summary --;4.2. Introduction --;4.3. Inorganic Element Deficiency Diseases --;4.4. Inorganic Element Toxicity --;4.5. Dietary Requirements --;4.6. Factors Modifying the Response of Animals to their Geochemical Environment --;4.7. Prediction of the Risks of Deficiency or Toxicity from Geochemical Survey Data --;4.8. The Influence of Geochemical Anomalies upon Animal Health: An Appraisal of Field Evidence --;4.9. Conclusions --;4.10. References --;4.11. Appendix: Relations between the Distribution of High-Mo Geochemical Anomalies and of Cu Deficiency in Cattle in Caithness, N.E. Sutherland --;5. Geochemistry And Human Health --;5.1. Summary --;5.2. Introduction --;5.3. Iodine and Fluorine --;5.4. Cardiovascular Disease --;5.5. Calcium, Magnesium, and Sodium --;5.6. Cancers and Geochemistry --;5.7. Multiple Sclerosis and Geochemistry --;5.8. Anomalous Geochemical Areas --;5.9. Trace Elements and Health --;5.10. Blood Levels of Trace Elements --;5.11. References --;6. Conclusions --;7. Recommendations.
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One of the main outcomes of the eleven meetings of the Working Party was the recognition of the importance of interdisciplinary studies linking regional geochemistry with plant, animal and human health.
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Earth Environmental Sciences.
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Environmental sciences.
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Environmental Sciences.
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I Thornton
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S H U Bowie
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