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Distribution of Trace Elements in the Environment and the Occurrence of Heart Disease in Georgia
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Research Article| April 01, 1972 Distribution of Trace Elements in the Environment and the Occurrence of Heart Disease in Georgia HANSFORD T SHACKLETTE; HANSFORD T SHACKLETTE U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar HERBERT I SAUER; HERBERT I SAUER Environmental Health Surveillance and Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65201 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar ALFRED T MIESCH ALFRED T MIESCH U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information HANSFORD T SHACKLETTE U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 HERBERT I SAUER Environmental Health Surveillance and Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65201 ALFRED T MIESCH U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 09 Jun 1971 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1972, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1972) 83 (4): 1077–1082. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[1077:DOTEIT]2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 09 Jun 1971 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation HANSFORD T SHACKLETTE, HERBERT I SAUER, ALFRED T MIESCH; Distribution of Trace Elements in the Environment and the Occurrence of Heart Disease in Georgia. GSA Bulletin 1972;; 83 (4): 1077–1082. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[1077:DOTEIT]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract The concentrations of certain chemical elements in native plants, garden vegetables, and soils were studied in two areas of Georgia, each made up of nine counties, that have greatly different heart disease mortality rates. The soils of the two areas were found to be geochemically distinct. The greater amounts of trace elements in soils occur in the counties that have the lower death rates, but the abundances of trace elements in trees and vegetables do not correspond closely to the abundances in the soils. The trace elements in soils, however, may have entered the human food chain in water, in other food plants, and in meat and milk that were not sampled in this study. If geochemical differences between the soils of the high-death-rate area and the low-death-rate area do, in fact, have a causal relationship to death from cardiovascular diseases, the cause would appear to be a deficiency, rather than an excess, of the elements that were studied. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.