Geographical associations between drinking water chemistry and the mortality and morbidity of cancer and some other diseases in Norway

Flaten, Trond Peder; Bölviken, B.

doi:10.1016/0048-9697(91)90308-2

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“…Epidemiological studies carried out over the past 10 years found the relations between the mineral content of drinking water and the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) mortality rate in various countries (Sauvant and Pepin, 2000;Schoppen et al, 2004). Some studies demonstrated a positive geographical correlation between stroke-associated mortality and river water acidity (Neri, Mandel and Hewtt, 1972;Punsar et al, 1975;Huel et al, 1978;Flaten and Bolviken, 1991).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drinking mineral waters: biochemical effects and health implications the state-of-the-art

Albertini¹,

Dachà²,

Teodori

et al. 2007

IJENVH

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Spring mineral water might have the properties favourable to health, which should be assessed by clinical and pharmacological analyses. Efforts have recently been made to approach the study of the validity of spring mineral water curative therapies by advanced biochemical research on both animal models and humans. Owing to the paramount interest and the growing recent use of drinking mineral waters, a need for a rigorous scientific approach arises. The therapeutic action of drinking mineral waters has been demonstrated to have important biochemical implications. However, some adverse events during health resorts cure must be considered and investigated. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art on the biochemical studies related to the effects of drinking mineral water. In the light of the review of the literature on the matter, we conclude that further studies are necessary to avoid any possible implication for public health connected with mineral water misuse.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drinking mineral waters: biochemical effects and health implications the state-of-the-art

Albertini¹,

Dachà²,

Teodori

et al. 2007

IJENVH

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“…Anderson [34,35] examined the incidence of acute and non-acute IHD in hard and soft water areas. Some workers [36] observed an association between water hardness and cardiovascular disease mortality, but these findings are questionable and need further research. Interesting observations were obtained when a study of finding water hardness and the levels of calcium and magnesium in these water samples from various sources and treatments was carried out.…”

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confidence: 93%

Magnesium Status in Hospitalized ICCU and non ICCU Patients With Special Reference to Waterborne Magnesium

Surati

Divvi²,

Nilakhe

et al. 2019

IJCBR

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Introduction: Low serum magnesium levels in hospitalized patients including those with cardiovascular ailments have been reported by many studies. On the other hand, magnesium therapy is advocated but has not yet been conclusively proved. In our earlier study, an association between waterborne magnesium and hypomagnesaemia in healthy subjects was reported. The present study was aimed at the contribution of waterborne magnesium among filtered and non-filtered water users in hospitalized patients. Material and methods: The present study was carried out at SMIMER, Surat. Ethical committee approval was taken. On informed consent, subjects from ICCU and general ward of Medicine unit were selected. Demographic and clinical information was collected. Serum magnesium, cardiac profile and renal profile were analyzed. Patients with conditions such as kidney, liver, brain and other critical illness were excluded. The results were expressed as Mean and SD and appropriate statistical tools were applied to arrive at conclusions. Results: Among total 557 subjects including 185 healthy subjects, 93 ICCU and 279 non-ICCU patients, the incidence of hypomagnesaemia (serum Mg < 1.7 mg/dl) was 18%, 36% and 42% was observed respectively. A significant difference (p < 0.01) in serum magnesium between filtered and non-filtered water users in healthy (1.77 ±0.36 vs 2.01 ±0.48), ICCU (1.35 ±0.44 vs 1.72±0.55), and in non-ICCU patients (1.51 ±0.59 vs 1.77±0.51) was found. No significant difference was observed in other parameters. Conclusion: Significant hypomagnesaemia was observed among users of filtered water as compared to nonfiltered water users in all groups (ICCU, non-ICCU and healthy), strongly suggestive of contribution of waterborne magnesium in maintaining normal status in the population and inadequate levels may be correlated to a higher incidence of myocardial infarction as evident from the present study wherein a 42% prevalence of hypomagnesaemia in ICCU patients was found.

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“…An example of this work is a comparison of the composition of drinking water from main water works all over Norway with the geographical distributions of various types of cancer and other diseases (Flaten and Bølviken, 1991). This activity has included multi-element countrywide geochemical mapping and correlating spatial distributions of geochemical and other types of natural data with the epidemiology of endemic human diseases.…”

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confidence: 99%

Medical Geology

2010

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The book series is dedicated to the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth. The aim of the Year is to raise worldwide public and political awareness of the vast (but often under-used) potential of Earth sciences for improving the quality of life and safeguarding the planet. Geoscientific knowledge can save lives and protect property if threatened by natural disasters. Such knowledge is also needed to sustainably satisfy the growing need for Earth's resources by more people. Earths scientists are ready to contribute to a safer, healthier and more prosperous society. IYPE aims to develop a new generation of such experts to find new resources and to develop land more sustainably.

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Geographical associations between drinking water chemistry and the mortality and morbidity of cancer and some other diseases in Norway

Cited by 30 publications

References 26 publications

Drinking mineral waters: biochemical effects and health implications the state-of-the-art

Drinking mineral waters: biochemical effects and health implications the state-of-the-art

Magnesium Status in Hospitalized ICCU and non ICCU Patients With Special Reference to Waterborne Magnesium

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