Calcium and magnesium in drinking-water : public health significance.

This book addresses whether or not calcium and magnesium ('hardness') in drinking water can contribute to preventing disease. It includes a comprehensive consensus view on what is known and what is not about the role and possible health benefit of calcium and magnesium in drinking-water. A...

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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:xi, 180 p. :; ill.
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245 0 0 |a Calcium and magnesium in drinking-water  |h [electronic resource] :  |b public health significance. 
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300 |a xi, 180 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 2 |a Expert consensus -- Overview of global dietary calcium and magnesium intakes and allowances / S.A. Atkinson, R Costello and J.M. Donohue -- The mineral composition of water and its contribution to calcium and magnesium intake / C.N. Ong, A.C. Grandjean and R.P. Heaney -- Identifying magnesium deficiency : a diagnostic dilemma / R.J. Elin -- Magnesium deficiency : clinical and experimental aspects / W.B. Weglicki -- Magnesium and hypertension / R.M. Touyz and B. Sontia -- Atherosclerosis and magnesium / B.M. Altura and B.T. Altura -- Health significance of calcium and magnesium : examples from human studies / G.F. Combs, Jr and F.H. Nielson -- Calcium and magnesium : role of drinking-water in relation to bone metabolism / C.M. Weaver and J.W. Nieves -- Epidemiological studies and the association of cardiovascular disease risks with water hardness / R. Calderon and P. Hunter -- Alternative hypotheses and knowledge gaps / J.K. Fawell -- Water production, technical issues and economics / P. Regunathan. 
520 |a This book addresses whether or not calcium and magnesium ('hardness') in drinking water can contribute to preventing disease. It includes a comprehensive consensus view on what is known and what is not about the role and possible health benefit of calcium and magnesium in drinking-water. Also included is a series of chapters each authored by internationally renowned experts reviewing the state of the art in different aspects, including: global dietary calcium and magnesium intakes; the contribution of drinking water to calcium and magnesium intake; health significance of calcium and magnesium; role of drinking-water in relation to bone metabolism; epidemiological studies and the association of cardiovascular disease risks with water hardness and magnesium in particular; water production, technical issues and economics.--Publisher's description. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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