Element mobility in clays for healing use

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 64-76

  Tateo, F ^a   Summa, V ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Essential elements; Geophagy; Healing clays; Pelotherapy; Potential hazardous elements; Transdermal delivery

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; LEACHING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; GEOPHAGY; HEALING CLAYS; PELOTHERAPHY; POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS; TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY;

CLAY;

CLAY; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOPHAGY; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRIAL MINERAL;

EID: 33947128476     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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