Calcium:Magnesium ratio in local groundwater and incidence of acute myocardial infarction among males in rural Finland

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 730-734

  Kousa, Anne ^a   Havulinna, Aki S ^b   Moltchanova, Elena ^b   Taskinen, Olli ^b   Nikkarinen, Maria ^a   Eriksson, Johan ^b   Karvonen, Marjatta ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Bayes; Ca; Ca:Mg ratio; Cr; Mg; Small area study

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; WELL WATER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CORONARY RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FINLAND; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RURAL POPULATION; WATER;

EID: 33646364536     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8438     Document Type: Article

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