Table 3.
Educational and professional resources in medical geology.
| A. Books |
| 1. Progress in Medical Geology (2017). Mori, I; and Ibaraki, H. (eds.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 329 p. |
| 2. Essentials of Medical Geology (2013). Selinus, O; et al. (eds.). Revised Edition, Springer, 805 p. |
| 3. Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health. (2016). Centeno, J.S; Finkelman, R.B; and Selinus, O. 256 p. [Originally published in Geosciences; book published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland]. |
| 4. Medical Geology–A Regional Synthesis (2010). Selinus, O; Centeno, J. A; and Finkelman, R. B. Springer, 392 p. |
| 5. Medical Geochemistry: Geological Materials and Health (2013). Censi, P; Darrah, H; and Erel, Y. (eds.), Springer, 200 p. |
| 6. Introduction to Medical Geology: Focus on Tropical Environments (2009). Dissanayake, C.B; and Chandrajith, R. Springer. 297 p. |
| 7. Medical Geology: Closing the Gap (2003). Skinner, H.C. W; and Berger, A. R. Oxford University Press, 192 p. |
| 8. Environmental Life Elements and Health (1990). Tan, J; Peterson, P.J; and Wang, W. (eds.), Science Press, Beijing, China, 390 p. |
| 9. Geomedicine (1990), J. Lag (ed.) CRC Press, 448 p. |
| B. Journals |
| 1. GeoHealth, published by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). |
| 2. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part C. Published by Taylor and Francis |
| 3. Geopollution Science Medical Geology and Urban Geology, published by the Japanese Society of Geopollution Science Medical Geology and Urban Geology (PMUG) |
| 4. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, published by the International Society for Environmental Toxicity and Chemistry (SETAC) |
| 5. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. Published by the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health |
| 6. Several other journals, notably, AMBIO (Sweden), Elements (United States), Minerals (Switzerland), Earthwise (United Kingdom), Geosciences (France), Terrae (Brazil), Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Science of the Total Environment, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, have published special issues on medical geology |
| C. Newsletters, published by the: |
| 1. International Medical Geology Association |
| 2. U.S. Geological Survey |
| 3. Geology & Health Division of the Geological Society of America |
| D. Conference Proceedings. Numerous proceedings of conferences held at international venues and covering medical geology topics, dating back to the 1960s, including 25 annual meetings organized by the erstwhile Environmental Trace Substances Center (United States) |
| E. Professional Organizations |
| 1. International Medical Geology Association, established in 2004 has 28 chapters in various countries across the globe to promote medical geology |
| 2. Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health |
| 3. Geological Society of America: Geology and Health Division |
| 4. American Geophysical Union: Geohealth Section. |
| F. Miscellaneous |
| 1. Numerous doctoral dissertations and national geochemical and health atlases published in many countries. |