Scientific Papers
BODY FLUID VOLUME AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN HEMODIALYSIS: VECTOR BIOELECTRIC IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS
Protein-energy malnutrition and hypervolemia are major causes of morbidity and mortality in patients on chronic hemodialysis (CHD). The methods used to evaluate nutritional status and volume status remain controversial. Vector bioelectric impedance analysis (vector- BIA) [...]
CHANGES IN FOOD AND NUTRIENT INTAKE OF 6- TO 17-YEAR-OLD GERMANS BETWEEN THE 1980S AND 2006.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the food consumption and nutrient intakes of German children and adolescents in the 1980s with present dietary habits. DESIGN: Two cross-sectional representative surveys, the German National Food Consumption Study (Nationale Verzehrsstudie, NVS) [...]
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 [...]