Medicinal clay and spiritual healing

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 751-760

  Ferrell Jr , Ray E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay; Geochemistry; Healing clay; Health; Human geophagy; Major elements; Medical geology; Reference dose ratio; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

HEALING CLAY; HUMAN GEOPHAGY; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MEDICAL GEOLOGY; REFERENCE DOSE; REFERENCE DOSE RATIO;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GEOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; KAOLINITE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; KAOLINITE; SMECTITE; VERMICULITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649262975     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2008.0560613     Document Type: Article

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