BIBLIOGRAPHY UPDATE
(9-10-02)

Bottled waters

Efficacy and safety of a topically applied Avene spring water spray in the healing of facial skin after laser resurfacing.
Sulimovic L, Licu D, Ledo E, Naeyaert JM, Pigatto P, Tzermias C, Vasquez Doval J, Dupuy P.
Dermatol Surg 2002 May;28(5):415-8

A topically applied Avene spring water spray maybe useful for reducing erythema after treatment with laser in skin.

**Link to Avene-les-Bains


sodium

Increased sodium concentrations in drinking water increase blood pressure in neonates.
Pomeranz A, Dolfin T, Korzets Z, Eliakim A, Wolach B.
J Hypertens 2002 Feb;20(2):203-7

Blood pressure in first months of life is increased by a high sodium intake via drinking water.


calcium

Association of very low birth weight with calcium levels in drinking water.
Yang CY, Chiu HF, Chang CC, Wu TN, Sung FC.
Environ Res 2002 Jul;89(3):189-94


According to the authors, there is significant protective effect of calcium intake from drinking water on the risk of delivering a very low birth weight.

nitrates
Chlorination byproducts and nitrate in drinking water and risk for congenital cardiac defects.
Cedergren MI, Selbing AJ, Lofman O, Kallen BA.
Environ Res 2002 Jun;89(2):124-30

The risk for cardiac defects increased with increasing trihalomethane concentrations in drinking water but there are no relation with nitrates concentration.

boiling

The impact on health and risk factors of the diarrhoea epidemics in the 1998 Bangladesh floods
Kunii O, Nakamura S, Abdur R, Wakai S
Public Health 2002 Mar;116(2):68-74

Boiling and chlorination of water was associated with less cases of diarrhoea in the 1998 Bangladesh floods.