Soils: Their implications to human health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 291, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 1-32

  Abrahams, P W ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermal absorption; Environmental geochemistry; Geophagy; Hookworm disease; Infectious diseases; Mesothelioma; Persistent organic pollutants; Podoconiosis; Radon; Soil ingestion; Soil inhalation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; GROWTH KINETICS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; URANIUM;

HUMAN HEALTH;

HEALTH;

MINERAL; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM;

HEALTH RISK; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ABORIGINE; ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERE; BIOSPHERE; CANCER; DANGEROUS GOODS; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTANT; TETANUS; VOLATILIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ARCTIC;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037182387     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)01102-0     Document Type: Review

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