Drinking water and cardiovascular disease
| Autor: | D. Pepin, M.-P. Sauvant |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Population Drinking Disease Toxicology Environmental health Epidemiology medicine Humans Magnesium Water Pollutants education education.field_of_study Ecology business.industry Public health Water General Medicine Environmental exposure Environmental Exposure Surgery Cardiovascular Diseases Risk assessment business Food Science Cohort study Environmental epidemiology |
| Zdroj: | Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association. 40(10) |
| ISSN: | 0278-6915 |
| Popis: | A link between cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and the hardness of drinking water (DW) is suggested by about 30 epidemiological studies performed worldwide in the general population since 1957. This review examines the main ecological studies, case-control studies and cohort studies, published between 1960 and 2000. Attention is paid to the problem of interpretation of this typical result of environmental epidemiology. Some studies focused on the role played by inorganic elements known as DW contaminants (mainly, As, Pb) and above all on the role of the magnesium content of DW and its cardioprotective effects. To date, it would be impossible to understand this environmental findings without large intervention studies performed in well-controlled public health programs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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