Soils and human health / 
edited by Eric C. Brevik, Lynn C. Burgess. 
 - Boca Raton, FL :  CRC Press,  2013. 
 - xvi, 391 p. :  ill.,  26 cm.  
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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 ... [et al.] -- 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 Kut�ilek and Donald R. Nielsen -- Climate change, soils, and human health / Eric C. Brevik. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781439844540 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012034999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Soils.<br/>Soils--Health aspects.<br/>Soil science.<br/>Soils--Environmental aspects.<br/>Soils and climate.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>S591  / .S7575 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>635.955 
<br/><br/><label>National Agricultural Library Call No.: </label>S591  / .S6557 2013