BIBLIOGRAPHY
UPDATE 
(october 2003)
Water, salts and skin barrier of normal skin.
Yoshizawa Y, Kitamura K, Kawana S, Maibach HI.
Department of Dermatology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
Skin
Res Technol. 2003 Feb;9(1):31-3. PMID: 12535281
A mineral water with 250 mmol NaCl and 50 mmol KCl can improve the skin dryness and pruritus 2 weeks after the application in children with atopic dermatitis.
Koch G.
The Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education, Jonkoping, Sweden.
Eur J Paediatr Dent. 2003 Sep;4(3):127-8 PMID: 14529332 [PubMed - in process]
An specific enamel hypomineralisations (type Morbus S) cannot be connected to intake of fluoride.
Urinary fluoride levels and prevalence
of dental fluorosis in children of Jhajjar District, Haryana.
Department of Bio-Sciences, M. D. University, Rohtak - 124 001, Haryana,
India.
Yadav JP, Lata S.
Indian
J Med Sci. 2003 Sep;57(9):394-9. PMID: 14515029
A study was conducted in the Jhajjar district
of Haryana.The mean fluoride concentration in drinking water were about
2.05 mg/L.
The study
revealed that more than 50% of the individuals were found to be affected
with fluorosis
copper
Copper in drinking water: not a strong risk factor
for diarrhoea among young children. A population-based study from Sweden.
Pettersson R, Rasmussen F, Oskarsson A.
Acta
Paediatr. 2003 Apr;92(4):473-80.
No significant associations were found between daily intake of copper
or maximal concentration of copper in drinking water and the risk of
diarrhoea or vomiting.
Consumption of fruit juices and beverages by Spanish children and teenagers:
health implications of their poor use and abuse
Comite de Nutricion de la Asociacion Espanola de Pediatria.
An
Pediatr (Barc). 2003 Jun;58(6):584-93.
(article in spanish -pdf)
Because excessive consumption of soft drinks favors a diet of low nutritional
quality, intervention and prevention strategies should be established
to promote water and milk as the basic drink in children's and teenagers'
diets while soft-drinks should be consumed only occasionally.
Is drinking water a risk factor for endemic cryptosporidiosis?
A case-control study in the immunocompetent general population of the
San Francisco Bay Area.
Khalakdina A, Vugia DJ, Nadle J, Rothrock GA, Colford JM Jr.
BMC Public Health.
2003 Mar 7;3(1):11. (free text)
The results of this study do not support the hypothesis that drinking
water is an independent risk factor for cryptosporidiosis among the
immunocompetent population. These findings should be used to design
larger studies of endemic cryptosporidiosis to elucidate the precise
mechanisms of transmission, whether waterborne or other