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Chemical Aspects of the Relationship Between Drinking Water Quality and Long‐Term Health Effects: An Overview
Author(s) -
Westendorf John R.,
Middleton Andrew C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1979.tb04390.x
Subject(s) - term (time) , water quality , environmental health , trace (psycholinguistics) , disease , quality (philosophy) , environmental science , cardiovascular health , environmental planning , medicine , ecology , biology , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics
The relationship of water hardness, trace metals, and long‐term health effects—especially cardiovascular disease—is not fully understood, but several water factors may influence health and disease, and these may produce different effects in different geographical areas.