Medical mineralogy and geochemistry
By: editors, Nita Sahai, Martin A.A. Schoonen.
Contributors: Sahai, Nita.; Schoonen, Martin A. A., 1960-
Series: Reviews in mineralogy and geochemistry -- v. 64
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chantilly, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780939950766
Subjects: Minerals in the body; Minerals -- Bioavailability; Minerals -- Toxicology; Mineralogy; Geochemistry
Notes: "The review chapters in this volume were the basis for a two day short course ... held at the United States Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California, U.S.A. (December 9-10, 2006)"--P. [iii].

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The emergent field of medical mineralogy and geochemistry -- Nita Sahai, Martin A.A. Schoonen, H. Catherine W. Skinner; title: The toxicological geochemistry of earth materials : an overview of processes and the interdisciplinary methods used to understand them -- Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Suzette A. Morman, Thomas L. Ziegler; title: Metal speciation and its role in bioaccessibility and bioavailability -- Richard J. Reeder, Martin A.A. Schoonen, Antonio Lanzirotti; title: Aluminum, Alzheimer's Disease and the geospatial occurrence of similar disorders -- Daniel P. Perl, Sharon Moalem; title: Potential role of soil in the transmission of prion disease -- P.T. Schramm ... [et al.]; title: Interaction of iron and calcium minerals in coals and their roles in coal dust-induced health and environmental problems -- Xi Huang ... [et al.]; title: Mineral-induced formation of reactive oxygen species -- Martin A.A. Schoonen ... [et al.]; title: Bone : nature of the calcium phosphate crystals and cellular, structural, and physical chemical mechanisms in their formation -- Melvin J. Glimcher; title: Silicate biomaterials for orthopaedic and dental implants -- Marta Cerruti, Nita Sahai; title: Living cells in oxide glasses -- Jacques Livage, Thibaud Coradin.