Unit MEDICAL GEOLOGY
- Course
- Geosciences for risk and environment management
- Study-unit Code
- A002189
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- Geosciences for environmental sustainability
- Teacher
- Paola Comodi
- Teachers
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- Paola Comodi
- Hours
- 42 ore - Paola Comodi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline mineralogiche, petrografiche e geochimiche
- Academic discipline
- GEO/06
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- Environmental epidemiology (study of associations between environmental exposures and the occurrence of disease within a population)
Toxicology principes,
Dose exposure , dependence /independence dore, chronic exposure
Natural vs innatural (human effect) Distribution and Abundance of Elements
Antropogenic sources
Toxic elements
Bioavalibility element in the soils - Reference texts
- Essentials of medical
geology: Impacts of the
natural environment on
public health
Edited by Olle Selinus, Brian
Alloway, José A. Centeno, Robert
B. Finkelman, Ron Fuge, Ulf
Lindh and Pauline Smedley - Educational objectives
- to know the essential concepts and practical tools required to tackle environmental and public health problems
- Prerequisites
- basic concepts of mineralogy and geochemistry
- Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons
- Learning verification modality
- Oral Exam
- Extended program
- Environmental epidemiology (study of associations between environmental exposures and the occurrence of disease within a population)
Toxicology principes,
Dose exposure , dependence /independence dore, chronic exposure
Natural vs innatural (human effect) Distribution and Abundance of Elements
Antropogenic sources
Toxic elements
Bioavalibility element in the soils
Case studies
1) Mineralogy of bones: Phosphates- chemical-physical characterists in organic and inorganic environments. Factors affecting the growt. Mdofication of crystallization procesi on pathologies.
2)Fine atmospheric dust (fine vitrous and mineral aggregates, fibrous mineral). Respirability-inhalability concept
Toxic potential of:
a. Asbestos
b. Man Made mineral fibers
c. crystalline phases of silica
d. Volcanic ashes and health
e. fly and bottom ashes from coal and biomas
Phase trasfprmation and change in toxic potential of material during the employment (effect of stress, temperature, pressure)
Action mechanism of materials in lung (small bodies)
4) Ceramic in biomedical field
5) Clays for innovative and biocompatible farmaci