Variability of mineral intakes from drinking water: A possible explanation for the controversy over the relationship of water quality to cardiovascular disease

Gillies, ME; Paulin, HV

HERO ID

1060471

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1983

Language

English

PMID

6840957

HERO ID 1060471
In Press No
Year 1983
Title Variability of mineral intakes from drinking water: A possible explanation for the controversy over the relationship of water quality to cardiovascular disease
Authors Gillies, ME; Paulin, HV
Journal International Journal of Epidemiology
Volume 12
Issue 1
Page Numbers 45-50
Abstract The assumption that people using the same water supply have similar intakes of minerals from drinking water is examined. Duplicate samples of all water drunk during a 24 hour period, including that boiled for beverage preparation, were collected by 109 adult subjects. The results showed that there may be more than a tenfold variation in the amount of water people drink daily. In addition it was found that the mineral concentrations in the 24 hour samples can vary markedly from those in water collected from the source or supply or from household taps which are the usual sampling points for epidemiological studies. The convention of using total hardness as an indicator of mineral intakes from hard and soft water is questioned.
Doi 10.1093/ije/12.1.45
Pmid 6840957
Wosid WOS:A1983QE57100008
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