Relationship between water hardness and coronary mortality in Taiwan

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Chiu, Jeng Fen ^a   Chiu, Hui Fen ^a   Wang, Tsu Nai ^a   Lee, Chien Hung ^a   Ko, Ying Chin ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0029792655     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984108.1996.10662166     Document Type: Article

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