Effects of Minerals on Human Health and Their Analysis Methods

• Main Authors: Orhan Kavak, Abdurrahman Dalgıç, Abdurrahman Senyigit
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dicle University Medical School 2004-01-01
• Series: Dicle Medical Journal
• Subjects: Human health; Mineral; Mineralogical analyses
• Online Access: http://4181.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=887862

Health effects of minerals depend on mineralogical structure and dimension ofinhaled dust. Diseases caused by minerals were known as only occupational diseases upto recently. However, many researchers pointed out that many diseases at various partsof body resulted from minerals. Minerals are naturally occurred solid particles whichhave a determined chemical and physical structure properties and interior crystalstructure. In mineral analyses basic disciplines such as chemistry, physics andmathematics are used. In this study, especially minerals that effect human health andtheir mineralogical analyses will be considered.