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Geosciences and chemistry and the scientific discipline of toxicology itself have been on parallel, often intertwined paths for many years. Issues related to toxic substances from natural sources, such as arsenic, lead and other metals, and from the contamination of soil and groundwater, have been recognized from the historical beginnings of the discipline.

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  • Guidotti TL (1994) Principles of occupational toxicology (Chapter 7). In: Zenz C, Nickerson B, Horvath EP (eds) Occupational medicine: principles and practical applications, 3rd edn. Mosby-Year Book, Chicago, pp 70–84

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  • Guidotti TL (2010) The Praeger handbook of occupational and environmental medicine. Praeger ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara

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  • Hoffman H, Phillips S (2010) Clinical practice of biological monitoring. OEM Press, Beverley Farms

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  • Klaasen C (ed) (2007) Casarett & Doull’s toxicology: the basic science of poisons. McGraw Hill, New York (A simplified and condensed version of this standard textbook is available from the same publisher under the title Casarett & Doull’s Essentials of Toxicology)

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  • US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological Profiles (series). Atlanta GA, U.S. Public Health Service, date of publication varies with profile. Web access: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html

  • Zenz C, Nickerson B, Horvath EP (eds) (1994) Occupational medicine: principles and practical applications, 3rd edn. Mosby-Year Book, Chicago, pp 70–84

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  1. Medical Advisory Services, 1700 Research Blvd Street 240, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA

    Tee L. Guidotti

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  1. Geological Survey of Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden

    Olle Selinus

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Guidotti, T.L. (2013). Toxicology. In: Selinus, O. (eds) Essentials of Medical Geology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4375-5_26

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