THEMES & SESSIONS

BB	BIOMINERALS & BIOMATERIALS
BB1  •	Biopolymer Clay Nanocomposites for Medicinal Uses
BB2  •	Renal Stones: Epidemiology, Mechanisms of Formation and Analysis
BB3  •	Biomineralisation and Analysis of Pathological Mineral Deposits

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ET	ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY & EPIDEMIOLOGY
ET1  •	Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products – Emerging Environmental Pollutants
ET2  •	Asthma and Allergies in Children and Adults: Role of anthropogenic emissions and search for protective factors with special reference to trace elements.
ET3  •	Role of Environment in Reproductive Disorders and Immune Impairments of Humans and Animals
ET4  •	Epigenetic and Genetic Mechanisms and Environmental Factors in Disease Etiology
ET5  •	Toxico Kinetics & Fate of Pesticides in Biological Systems, Food & Environment
ET6  •	The Importance of Biogeochemical Processes in Medical Geology
ET7  •	Element Speciation in the Environment - Food Chain
ET8  •	Veterinary Geology:  Impacts of Geological Factors on Animal Health
ET9  •	Biomonitoring and Biomarkers and Risk Assessment
ET10•	Metal Carcinogenesis in Medical Geology
ET11•	Mesothelioma inducing Minerals
ET12•	Solving Medical Questions with Geochemistry: Disease Inception, Diagnosis,  and Treatment

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ME	MINERALS & ENVIRONMENT
ME1  •	Clay Minerals: Management of Harmful Cations Wastes
ME2  •	Airborne Particulate Matters & Minerals
ME3  •	Minerals as Medicine
ME4  •	Zeolites: Environmental & Medical Uses

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PQ	AIR, SOIL & WATER POLLUTION & QUALITY
PQ1  •	Arsenic and the Environment: From Geology to Medicine through the Food Chain
PQ2  •	Analytical and Biological Techniques for Detection of Pollutants
PQ3  •	High Tech Metals and Health
PQ4  •	Infiltration Reservoirs: a Sustainable Approach to providing Clean Water and Reversing Desertification/Salination of Soils
PQ5  •	Impact of Alterations in Water Environment on Human Health
PQ6  •	Inherent Toxicity in Rocks and its Impact on Human Health

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RA	RISK ASSESSMENT & COMMUNICATION
RA1  •	Health Impacts of Mining Activities
RA2  •	Teaching Medical Geology & Environmental Education
RA3  •	Medical Geology Perspective on The Risks Associated with  Volcanism
RA4  •	Brownfield Sites in Metropolitan Areas and Risk Assessment for Public Health
RA5  •	Medical Geology and Occupational Medicine

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UM	MISCELLANEOUS
UM1  •	Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity
UM2  •	Global Environmental Change Impacting Human Health

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Last update: August 19, 2010