Soils and human health. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Eric C. Brevik, Lynn C. Burgess.
• Other Names: Brevik, Eric C; Burgess, Lynn C
• Contents: An introduction to soil science basics / Eric C. Brevik -- Soils and human health: an overview / Eric C. Brevik -- Soil, heavy metals, and human health / Richard Morgan -- Organic pollutants in soil / Lynn C. Burgess -- Human disease from introduced and resident soilborne pathogens / Thomas E. Loynachan -- Radioactive elements in soil: interactions, health risks, remediation and monitoring / Charles E. Turick, Anna S. Knox, and Wendy W. Kuhne -- Soil's influence on water quality and human health / Martin F. Helmke and Russell L. Losco -- Geophagy: an anthropological perspective / Jacques M. Henry and F. Daniel Cring -- Soil minerals, organisms, and human health: medicinal uses of soils and soil materials / Monday Mbila -- Soils, human health, and wealth: a complicated relationship / Lee Burras, Mary Nyasimi, and Lorna Butler -- Human contact with plants and soils for health and well-being / Joseph R. Heckman -- Organic farming: impacts on soil, food, and human health / Patrick M. Carr [and others] -- Addressing soil impacts on public health: issues and recommendations / Roni A. Neff, Cheryl Carmona, and Rebecca Kanter -- Soils and food security / Winfried E.H. Blum and Stephen Nortcliff -- Soils, climate, and human adaptability: review of history in the Holocene / Miroslav Kutílek and Donald R. Nielsen -- Climate change, soils, and human health / Eric C. Brevik.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 391 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 635.9/55; Soils; Soils -- Health aspects; Soil science; Soils -- Environmental aspects; Soils and climate; Soil science; Soils -- Environmental aspects; Soils -- Health aspects; Soils and climate; Soils; GARDENING -- Climatic -- Temperate; GARDENING -- Flowers -- General; GARDENING -- Ornamental Plants; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1439844550; 9781439844557
• Related ISBNs: 9781439844540; 1439844542
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.