Calcium and magnesium in drinking-water
Public health significance
30 March 2009
| Meeting report
Overview
The meeting report is on the role and possible health benefits of calcium and magnesium in drinking-water, and includes the following sections:
- 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.
Editors
World Health Organization
Number of pages
194
Reference numbers
ISBN: 978 92 4 156355 0
Copyright
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