Human and Enzootic Geophagia: Ingested Soils and Practices

This maiden edition of Human and Enzootic Geophagia: Ingested Soils and Practices contains 24 chapters with91 Figures and 37 Tables which supplement explanations. It affords multi-, trans- and inter- disciplinary approaches to Human and Enzootic Geophagia from a comprehensive view covering and characterising Geophagia and Geophagic Materials. It defines and examines geophagia from historical and cultural perspectives, and further elucidates on the subject from scientific and socio-cultural disciplines including: Geology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Physico-Chemistry, Health, Enzootic Geophagia, and Geophagia and the Community.