Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects
phase can be water of diverse composition and origin: rain, spring, river, lake,
lagoon, or sea. The distinction of both source and deposition environment could be
achieved using, for instance the expressions volcanic mud, thermal spring mud, salt
lake mud, marine mud, river mud, and peat mud.
A comprehensive glossary with the terms referred to and with the corresponding
technical definitions does not exist. A glossary in English, the idiom worldwide
used for science communication is being prepared by an ad hoc Working Group 1
constituted of senior researchers from several European countries and with varied
scientific backgrounds, in order to respond to the inconsistencies particularly found
in the literature regarding the meaning of many terms involved in the use of both
mud and peloid for therapeutic and skin care purposes. The terms and definitions
which have already deserved consensus are disclosed in our presentation.
1 Working Group: Celso Gomes (PT); María Isabel Carretero (SP), Manuel Pozo (SP),
Francisco Maraver (SP), Pedro Cantista (PT), Francisco Armijo (SP), José Luis Legido (SP),
Frederico Teixeira (PT), Michael Rautureau (FR), FernandoVeniale (IT), Rafael Calvo-
Flores (SP)
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