Relationship between mortality rate of stomach cancer and cerebrovascular disease and concentrations of magnesium and calcium in well water in Hyogo prefecture

Magnesium Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-223

  Sakamoto, Naomasa ^a   Shimizu, Masayoshi ^a   Wakabayashi, Ichiro ^a   Sakamoto, Kunihiro ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Magnesium calcium ratio; Rural area; Stomach cancer; Well water

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FRESH WATER; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; STOMACH TUMOR; WATER SUPPLY;

CALCIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNESIUM; MALE; NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031218253     PISSN: 09531424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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