GEOMED 2011 - 4th International Conference on Medical Geology

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Category GEOMED 2011

Deadline: February 28, 2011 | Date: September 20, 2011-September 25, 2011

Venue/Country: Bari, Italy

Updated: 2011-01-31 12:51:48 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

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