Medical Geochemistry [recurso electrónico] Geological Materials and Health

This book includes a collection of chapters illustrating the application of geochemical methods to investigate the interactions between geological materials and fluids with humans. Examples include the incorporation and human health effects of inhaling lithogenic materials, the reactivity of biological fluids with geological materials, and the impact on nascent biomineral formation. Biomineralization is investigated in terms of mineralogy, morphology, bone chemistry, and pathological significance with a focus on the health impacts of "foreign" geological/environmental trace element incorporation. One of the contribution is devoted to particulate matter, the presence of metals and metalloids in the environment, and the possibility of using human hair as a biomarker between environmental/geological exposure and human bioincorporation. Other chapters focus on the last advances on the analytical methods and instrumentational approaches to investigating the chemistry of biological fluids and tissues. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Using the Trace Element Contents in Bronchoalveolar Lavages to Probe the Human Exposure to Inhaled Particulates....Pages 1-18 Geochemistry and Biochemistry: Insights into the Fate and Transport of Pt-Based Chemotherapy Drugs....Pages 19-29 Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM) in the Middle East: Toxicity, Trans-boundary Transport, and Influence of Synoptic Conditions....Pages 31-46 Reaction Path Modeling: Theoretical Aspects and Applications....Pages 47-66 An Observation on the Composition of Urinary Calculi: Environmental Influence....Pages 67-90 Magnetite Minerals in the Human Brain: What Is Their Role?....Pages 91-99 Chemometrics and Medical Geochemistry: A Brief Tutorial....Pages 101-125 Dust, Metals and Metalloids in the Environment: From Air to Hair....Pages 127-148 Metal Geochemistry of a Brackish Lake: Étang Saumâtre, Haiti....Pages 149-166 Trace Element Composition of Modern Human Bone....Pages 167-191 Back Matter....Pages 193-194