International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) formed

• 来源期刊: 幕-国际地学杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2006,（1）
• 页码范围: 67
• 页数: 1页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

"Medical Geology" is defined as the science dealing with the relationship between natural geological factors and health problems in man and animals and understanding the influence of ordinary environmental factors on the geographical distribution of such health problems. Medical Geology is therefore a broad and complicated subject and if the problems to be addressed are to be understood, mitigated, or resolved, it will require interdisciplinary contributions from different scientific fields (involving geo-scientists,medical scientists, health professionals, veterinarians, and biologists, etc.). Medical Geology involves the whole geo-sphere and can be considered as dealing with ecosystem health.