Lack of association between water hardness and coronary heart disease mortality in Japan

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-28

  Miyake, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Iki, Masayuki ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Japan; Water hardness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER HARDNESS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CALCIUM; CHILD; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 2942596012     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.05.028     Document Type: Article

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