Calcium and Magnesium in Drinking Water: Public Health Significance - Softcover

World Health Organization(WHO)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9241563559 ISBN 13: 9789241563550

Verlag: World Health Organization, 2008

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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.

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World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.

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• Verlag: World Health Organization
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9241563559
• ISBN 13: 9789241563550
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 191