Medical Mineralogy and Geochemistry / / ed. by Nita Sahai, Martin A. A. Schoonen.

Volume 64 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry presents examples that include the effects of inhaled dust particles in the lung (Huang et al. 2006; Schoonen et al. 2006), biomineralization of bones and teeth (Glimcher et al. 2006), the formation of kidney-stones, the calcification of arteries,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Physical Sciences 2000 - 2014
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry , 64
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 332 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Reviews
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • 1. The Emergent Field of Medical Mineralogy and Geochemistry
  • 2. The Toxicological Geochemistry of Earth Materials: An Overview of Processes and the Interdisciplinary Methods Used to Understand Them
  • 3. Metal Speciation and Its Role in Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability
  • 4. Aluminum, Alzheimer's Disease and the Geospatial Occurrence of Similar Disorders
  • 5. Potential Role of Soil in the Transmission of Prion Disease
  • 6. Interaction of Iron and Calcium Minerals in Coals and their Roles in Coal Dust-induced Health and Environmental Problems
  • 7. Mineral-Induced Formation of Reactive Oxygen Species
  • 8. Bone: Nature of the Calcium Phosphate Crystals and Cellular, Structural, and Physical Chemical Mechanisms in Their Formation
  • 9. Silicate Biomaterials for Orthopaedic and Dental Implants
  • 10. Living Cells in Oxide Glasses