Scientific Papers
THE ASSOCIATION OF DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL WITH HELICOBACTER PYLORI INCIDENCE IN INFANTS: THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF WATER-BORNE TRANSMISSION
The mode of transmission of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium causing gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease, is unknown although waterborne transmission is a likely pathway. This study investigated the hypothesis that access to treated water [...]
SPANISH BOTTLED AND TAP WATER ANALYSIS AND THEIR RELATION WITH URINARY LITHIASIS
OBJECTIVE: To perform a chemical analysis of all the available waters in Spain with the idea of offering consume recommendations to lithiasic patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Information research of the chemical composition of Spanish tap [...]
FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES IN THE ELDERLY
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The intake of water and electrolytes is inseparable from the ingestion of nutrients by normal or artificial means. Recent reports have agreed in criticizing the poor standards of practice and of training [...]
DRINKING WATER FROM PRIVATE WELLS AND RISKS TO CHILDREN.
Drinking water for approximately one sixth of US households is obtained from private wells. These wells can become contaminated by pollutant chemicals or pathogenic organisms and cause illness. Although the US Environmental Protection Agency and [...]