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Medical Geology in Russia and the NIS

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Abstract

Systematic and regular epidemiological studies on endemic diseases and the natural environment in Russia and NIS are scarce and sporadic. However, there have been some studies of the links between health of the population and the geological background. Information on fluorine, iodine, arsenic, selenium, and other elements’ behavior in natural environment and their effect on human health is presented in this chapter and is the first attempt to synthesize the interdisciplinary knowledge on some geological factors which affect human health in Russia and NIS. Also anthropogenic factors are mentioned, however, of geological origin.

Currently, the most important areas of the study in the field of Medical Geology in Russia – NIS are

  • • Geological and geochemical aspects of medical geology in terms of modeling and mapping of the spreading of endemic diseases, toxic elements, such as uranium, fluoride, radon, arsenic, in subsurface, geosphere, and the atmosphere, and its effect on human health.

  • • Urban and mining medical geology.

  • • Crystal chemistry and crystal genesis of biogenic minerals of different origin.

  • • The therapeutic usage of the minerals in terms of biological functions of the elements metals in medicine and industry, and economic minerals in medicine.

This chapter, written by leading experts of Russia and NIS, will be of interest to a wide audience of geologists, geochemists, physicians, as well as historians.

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The authors thank D.V. Rundkvist (V.I. Vernadsky State Geological Museum of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia), I.V. Florinsky (Institute for Mathematical problems of Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia), L.N. Belan (Bashkir State University, Russia), W. Paul (Miner’s Christian Mission, Celifodina, Spokane, USA) for fruitful discussions and materials, H.C.W. Skinner (Departments of Geology and Geophysics and Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University, New Haven, USA), M.I. Savinykh (Sibdalmumie, Novokuznetsk, Russia) for a useful suggestion, as well as N.A. Serper and I.E. Lyubimova (Fedorovsky All-Russian Research Institute for Mineral Resources, Moscow, Russia) for librarian assistance.

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  1. Russian Geological Society, h.10, st. 2-d Roshchenskaya, Moscow, 115191, Russia

    Iosif F. Volfson

  2. Russian Geological Society, Moscow, 115191, Russia

    Evgeny G. Farrakhov

  3. Geotech VIMS, Fedorovsky VIMS, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    Anatoly P. Pronin

  4. Satpaev Kazakh National Technic University, Republic of Kazakhstan, 050013, Almaty, Kazakstan

    Ospan B. Beiseyev

  5. Al-Faraby Kazakh National University, Republic of Kazakhstan, 050065, Almaty, Kazakstan

    Almas O. Beiseyev

  6. State Brest University named after A.S. Pushkin, Brest, 224016, Republic of Belarus

    Maxim A. Bogdasarov

  7. Fedorovsky VIMS, Russian Federation, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    Alla V. Oderova, Igor G. Pechenkin & Alexey E. Khitrov

  8. St. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Russian Federation, 191015, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Oxana L. Pikhur

  9. Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology RAS, Russian Federation, 199034, St.Petersburg, Russia

    Julia V. Plotkina

  10. Department of Geology, St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation, 199034, St.Petersburg, Russia

    Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya & Elena V. Rosseeva

  11. Siberian State Medical University (SibGMU), Russian Federation, 634050, Tomsk, Russia

    Olga A. Denisova & Georgy E. Chernogoryuk

  12. Polytechnic University, Lenin Avenue, 634050, Tomsk, Russia

    Natalia Baranovskaya

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    Leonid P. Rikhvanov

  14. Ltd. Infomine Research Group, Moscow, 119049, Russia

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  15. Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies of NAS RA (Armenia), 0025, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

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  16. Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Crystal Chemistry of Rare Elements, Moscow, 121357, Russia

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    Zukhra H. Uzdenova

  19. Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience Russian Academy of Sciences (IEG RAS), Moscow, 101000, Russia

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Volfson, I.F. et al. (2010). Medical Geology in Russia and the NIS. In: Selinus, O., Finkelman, R., Centeno, J. (eds) Medical Geology. International Year of Planet Earth. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3430-4_9

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