Daily intake of magnesium and calcium from drinking water in relation to myocardial infarction

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 570-576

  Rosenlund, Mats ^a,b   Berglind, Niklas ^a,b   Hallqvist, Johan ^a,b   Bellander, Tom ^a,b   Bluhm, Gösta ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; MAGNESIUM; TAP WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS;

AGED; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 20544464278     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000165390.18798.62     Document Type: Article

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