Health effects of toxic organic substances from coal: Toward "panendemic" nephropathy

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-102

  Orem, William ^a   Tatu, Calin ^b   Pavlovic, Nikola ^c   Bunnell, Joseph ^a   Lerch, Harry ^a   Paunescu, Virgil ^b   Ordodi, Valentin ^b   Flores, Deolinda ^d   Corum, Margo ^a   Bates, Anne ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babe   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

EID: 34247097576     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[98:HEOTOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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31. Support for this work was provided by the Energy Resources Program, US Geological Survey, and NATO Science Programme, Collaborative Linkage Grants. Logistical support was provided by the Romanian Ministry of Health, and collaborative assistance from the US Bureau of Land Management, the Ministry of Health, Serbia, F. Margineanu, MD (County Hospital, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania), the Louisiana Geological Survey, and the School of Medicine, Louisiana State University. This paper is a synopsis of a presentation given at the International Symposium on Medical Geology (May 18-19, 2006), Department of Geosciences, Stockholm University, and sponsored by the Marcus Wallenbergs Stiftelse for Internationellt Vetenskapligt Samarbete, the Swedish Committee for UNESCO's Scientific Programmes, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the International Medical Geology Association (IMGA). Special thanks to the meeting organizers. Rolf Hallberg (Stockholm University) and Olle Selinus (Swedish Geological Survey).