Screen LibraryDrinking water minerals and mineral balance : importance, health significance, safety precautions /
The various safety organizations working on drinking water all warn about unhealthy constituents, as well as elements that can cause corrosion or scaling on pipes and installations. However, drinking water may also provide a substantial portion of the daily mineral intake, especially for the elderly...
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Springer International Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham, Switzerland ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
The various safety organizations working on drinking water all warn about unhealthy constituents, as well as elements that can cause corrosion or scaling on pipes and installations. However, drinking water may also provide a substantial portion of the daily mineral intake, especially for the elderly and children, or those at risk of deficiencies due to unhealthy eating habits or starvation. Thus, a holistic approach to drinking water is presented in this book and the scope is extended from standards for undesirable substances to the basic mineral composition of water, examining 22 nutrient e |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 140 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783319095929 (hardback) : 3319095927 |
| Index Number: | TD345 |
| CLC: | TU991.21 |
| Call Number: | TU991.21/D781-3 |
| Contents: |
Background / Mineral composition of drinking water and daily uptake / Macrominerals at optimum concentrations -protection against diseases / Microminerals at optimum concentrations : protection against diseases / Potentially toxic elements in drinking water -in alphabetic order / Technical and mineral level effects of water treatment |