Geomed 2011 - 4th International Conference on Medical Geology

4th International Conference on Medical Geology ? GEOMED2011
Geological and Medical Sciences for a Safer Environment

Bari, Italy
September 20-25, 2011

1st Call for Abstract

The International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) and the Associazione Italiana per lo Studio delle Argille (AISA) invites the submission of abstracts for the GEOMED2011. Submittal deadline is 28th February 2011. Please, visit our web site (http://www.geomed2011.it) for details and address your abstract to one of the 34 sessions listed at the sub-page http://www.geomed2011.it/session_list.html

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

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

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

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

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
RA6 ? Health Impact Assessment

UM MISCELLANEOUS
UM1 ? Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity
UM2 ? Global Environmental Change Impacting Human Health
UM3 ? General Topics

WS WORKSHOPS & SHORT COURSES
WS1 ? Workshop on Dust (IUGS-GEM Commission)
WS2 ? Workshop on the Current Status of Research in Medical Geology in Africa
WS3 ? Short Course on Medical Geology
WS4 ? Clinical cases of hurinary calculi in Italy