Minerals latu sensu and Human Health - Benefits, Toxicity and Pathologies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This volume provides a comprehensive academic review of both positive and negative effects of minerals on human health and quality of life. The book adopts the concept of mineral latu sensu (mineral l.s.), which encompasses a broad spectrum of natural, inorganic, solid, and crystalline, of natural and inorganic chemical elements (metals and metalloids), of modified natural minerals, of biominerals, and of syntetic minerals, all products that branch across the disciplines of earth, soil, environmental, materials, nutrition, and health sciences. Using this broad framework, the authors are able to provide a multidisciplinary assessment on many types of minerals which can be essential, beneficial and hazardous to human health, covering applications in medical geology, medical hydrology or balneotherapy, pharmacology, chemistry, nutrition, and biophysics. The book performs historical analyses of the uses of minerals for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes to better understand current trends and developments in mineral research and human health. The book will be of interest to students, public health officials, environmental agencies and researchers from various disciplines, as well as scientific societies and organizations focusing on medical geology, health resort medicine (crenotherapy, hydrotherapy and climatotherapy), and on pharmaceutical, cosmetic and biomedical applications.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	May 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Celso Gomes • Michel Rautureau
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	668
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-065705-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Biogeography Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Mineralogy > General Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-065705-1
Barcode:	9783030657055

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