Medical Geology (eBook)

Front Cover 1
MEDICAL GEOLOGY: EFFECTS OF GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS ON HUMAN HEALTH 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 10
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PART 14
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 14
HISTORY OF MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY AND MEDICAL GEOLOGY 20
METHODOLOGY OF MEDICO - GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH 33
GEOGRAPHY AND MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY IN RELATION TO GEOLOGY 37
SUBJECT MATTER AND THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL GEOLOGY 40
PROCEDURE OF MEDICO - GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH 44
GOAL, TASK, AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MEDICAL GEOLOGY 49
CHAPTER 2. GEOLOGICAL FACTORS 51
ENVIRONMENT OF LIFE, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 51
BASIC FEATURES OF THE GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 54
CHARACTERISTICS OF GEOLOGICAL FACTORS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON HUMAN HEALTH 59
CHAPTER 3. OTHER NATURAL FACTORS 249
CLIMATIC FACTORS 249
HYDROLOGICAL FACTORS 253
BIOLOGICAL FACTORS 261
CHAPTER 4. ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS 276
PROCESSES OF POLLUTION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 278
ARTIFICIAL PHYSICAL FIELDS - RISKS AND POSITIVE INFLUENCE 280
POLLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL SOIL 285
WATER POLLUTION 288
AIR POLLUTION 292
ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION 294
POLLUTION AND DISTURBANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT CAUSED BY ORE EXPLOITATION AND PROCESSING 298
COMPLEX HARMFUL INFLUENCES OF URBANIZATION ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 303
CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACTION OF POLLUTANTS ON MAN 305
ROLE OF ECOLOGICAL MINERAL SUBSTANCES IN ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION 309
CHAPTER 5. SOCIO - ECONOMIC FACTORS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON HUMAN HEALTH AND HEALTH PROTECTION 311
ECONOMIC - GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS 312
MEDICAL - SANITARY CONDITIONS 313
ROLE OF THE WAY OF LIFE AND HARMFUL HABITS IN FORMATION OF NOSOGEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A TERRITORY 315
SOCIO - ECOLOGICAL FOCI OF HUMAN DISEASES 316
CHAPTER 6. THE GEOGRAPHY OF DISEASE (NOSOGEOGRAPHY) 318
NON - INFECTIOUS SOMATIC DISEASES 319
RARE AND STRICTLY LOCALIZED DISEASES 325
CHAPTER 7. SUBJECT AND TASKS OF GEOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL DISCIPLINES IN DEFINING QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON HUMAN HEALTH 339
SUBJECT AND TASKS OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND DISCIPLINES 339
SUBJECTS AND TASKS OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND DISCIPLINES 343
CHAPTER 8. METHODS OF MEDICAL GEOLOGY 348
CHAPTER 9. REGIONAL MEDICAL GEOLOGY 383
GEOTECTONIC UNITS OF THE FIRST ORDER INTERESTING FROM THE GEOMEDICAL STANDPOINT 384
BASIC GEOMEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRST - ORDER GEOTECTONIC UNITS AND THEIR EXTREME ZONES 391
LOWER - RANKING GEOMEDICAL UNITS 408
CHAPTER 10. APPLIED MEDICAL GEOLOGY 410
GEOMEDICAL RISKS AND TASKS OF APPLIED MEDICAL GEOLOGY 410
MEDICO - GEOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 416
ROLE OF MEDICO - GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH PROTECTION 419
CHAPTER 11. USE OF APPLIED MEDICAL GEOLOGY RESULTS IN ECONOMY AND HEALTH CARE 425
USE OF RESULTS OF MEDICO - GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN ECONOMY 425
USE OF RESULTS OF MEDICO - GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION WITHIN HEALTH CARE 430
GEOLOGICAL FACTORS AND HEALTH ASPECT OF STAY IN OFFICE AND AREA OF AN APARTMENT 435
APPLIED MEDICAL GEOLOGY AND LAND - USE PLANNING 438
APPENDIX. BASE OF MEDICAL GEOLOGY 448
Goal of Medical Geology 449
Geological Factors and Providing Conditions for Healthy Living 450
Methodology of Medico - Geological Exploration 451
References 453
Author Index 491
Index of Geographical Terms 496
Subject Index 500