Soils and human health
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| Other Authors | , |
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| Format | eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Boca Raton, Fla. :
CRC Press,
2013.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781439844557 |
| Physical Description | xvi, 391 p. : ill., maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. An introduction to soil science basics / Eric C. Brevik
- ch. 2. Soils and human health : an overview / Eric C. Brevik
- ch. 3. Soil, heavy metals, and human health / Richard Morgan
- ch. 4. Organic pollutants in soil / Lynn C. Burgess
- ch. 5. Human disease from introduced and resident soilborne pathogens / Thomas E. Loynachan
- ch. 6. Radioactive elements in soil : interactions, health risks, remediation, and monitoring / Charles E. Turick, Anna S. Knox, and Wendy W. Kuhne
- ch. 7. Soil's influence on water quality and human health / Martin F. Helmke and Russell L. Losco
- ch. 8. Geophagy : an anthropological perspective / Jacques M. Henry and F. Daniel Cring
- ch. 9. Soil minerals, organisms, and human health : medicinal uses of soils and soil materials / Monday Mbila
- ch. 10. Soils, human health, and wealth : a complicated relationship / Lee Burras, Mary Nyasimi, and Lorna Butler
- ch. 11. Human contact with plants and soils for health and well-being / Joseph R. Heckman
- ch. 12. Organic farming : impacts on soil, food, and human health / Patrick M. Carr ... [et al.]
- ch. 13. Addressing soil impacts on public health : issues and recommendations / Roni A. Neff, Cheryl Carmona, and Rebecca Kanter
- ch. 14. Soils and food security / Winfried E.H. Blum and Stephen Nortcliff
- ch. 15. Soils, climate, and human adaptability : review of history in the Holocene / Miroslav Kutílek and Donald R. Nielsen
- ch. 16. Climate change, soils, and human health / Eric C. Brevik.