Meet the editor

Honor. Prof. Takemi Otsuki graduated from Kawasaki Medical School (KMS), Kurashiki, Japan, in 1981. In 1986, at the Institutes of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, he was involved in clinical and experimental research in bone marrow transplantation. The theme of the post-doctoral school (1985–1989) was myeloma cell biology. After joining the Department of Hematology, University of Minnesota, USA, in 1992, Dr. Otsuki studied

genes involved in chromosomal translocations of lymphomas in the Department of Hematopathology, US National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. He returned to the Department of Hygiene, KMS, in 1996 and become a professor there in 2003. After retiring from KMS and obtaining an honorary professorship, Dr. Otsuki began working at the Shinjo Village National Health Insurance Clinic. Shinjo village has a small population of fewer than 900 people, and Dr. Otsuki is the sole medical doctor there.

Contents

**Section 1**

of Soil Health

**Section 2**

*and Evens Emmanuel*

Digital Health Solutions

**Preface XI**

Environmental and Human Health **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 33**

Metals and Human Health **49**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 65**

**Chapter 6 89**

The Challenge of Water in the Sanitary Conditions of the Populations

Land Use Change Affects Soil Organic Carbon: An Indicator

Evaluating the Clinical and Cost Effectiveness of Musculoskeletal

*by Lucy W. Ngatia, Daniel Moriasi, Johnny M. Grace III, Riqiang Fu, Cassel S. Gardner and Robert W. Taylor*

*by Glen Cheng, Nischal Chennuru and Liz Kwo*

Heavy Metals in the Environment and Health Impact

Living in the Slums of Port-au-Prince: The Case of Canaan *by Yolette Jérôme, Magline Alexis, David Telcy, Pascal Saffache* 

*by Sweety Nath Barbhuiya, Dharmeswar Barhoi and Sarbani Giri*

Particulate Matter and Human Health *by Karuna Singh and Dhananjay Tripathi*

*by Myriam El Ati-Hellal and Fayçal Hellal*

Impact of Arsenic on Reproductive Health
