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The frequency of diseases in certain regions of the world and the use of various minerals to treat diseases throughout history, indicate that there is a direct and close relationship between geological processes and the health of living organisms. The effective relationship between geological indicators and human, animal and plant health, as well as understanding the impact of environmental factors on the geographical distribution of diseases, is the field of study in a new branch of earth sciences called medical geology. Study of the geochemical behavior of elements in minerals (as the smallest structural unit of the Earth's solid crust) is the most important case in medical geology. The presence of certain amounts of elements in the human body is necessary to maintain the stability of the biological system and metabolism of the body's organs. Increase or decrease in the amounts of some elements, geo-biological disorders and anomalies causes in the vital system of organisms, which in turn causes the emergence of the geogene diseases. Therefore, geochemical studies of elements in medical geology are of great importance from two perspectives: the necessity of elements to maintain the health of living organisms and biological functions on the one hand, and diseases caused by excess levels of various elements on the other.
| Keywords | Geochemistry – Minerals – Medical Geology – Elements. |
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