The potential impact of geological environment on health status of residents of the Slovak Republic

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 543-561

  Rapant, S ^a,b   Cveckova V ^a   Dietzova Z ^d   Fajcikova K ^a   Hiller, E ^e   Finkelman, R B ^c   Skultetyova S ^e  

^a State Geological Institute of Dionys Stur   (Slovakia)

^b Bratislava University   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d Regional Office of Public Health   (Slovakia)

^e Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Environmental indicators; Geochemical background; Health indicators; Health status; Slovak Republic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HEALTH STATUS; MAGNESIUM; NEOGENE; PALEOGENE; RESIDENT POPULATION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

SLOVAKIA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; SLOVAKIA;

GEOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84899492182     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-013-9580-5     Document Type: Article

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