Resources
In developing Quintesse, we have employed our extensive expertise in potable water, water treatment, water quality, and water safety. We have also sought out peer reviewed science on the relationship between water quality and human health. The following are the major articles and research reports that have increased our knowledge base and on which we have based our approach.

Health risks from drinking demineralised water. Rolling revision of the WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality. World Health Organization Geneva, 2004
By F. Kozisek
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Spatial analysis of the relationship between mortality from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and drinking water hardness. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112, 1037-1044.
By Ferrandiz, J., Abellan, J.J., Gomez-Rubio, V., Lopez-Quilez, A., Sanmartin, P., Abellan, C., Martinez-Beneito, M.A., Melchor, I., Vanaclocha, H., Zurriaga, O., Ballester, F., Gil, J.M., Perez-Hoyos, S., & Ocaña, R., (2004).
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Variation in the mineral content of commercially available bottled waters: implications for health and disease. American Journal of Medicine, 105, 125-130.
By Garzon, P., & Eisenberg, M.J., (1998).
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Magnesium in drinking water supplies and mortality from acute myocardial infarction in northwest England. Heart, 82, 455-460.
By Maheswaran, R., Morris, S., Falconer, S., Grossinho, A., Perry, I., Wakefield, J., & Elliott, P., (1999).
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Cardiovascular mortality and calcium and magnesium in drinking water: an ecological study in elderly people. European Journal of Epidemiology, 18, 305-309.
By Marque, S., Jacqmin-Gadda, H., Dartigues, J.F., & Commenges, D., (2003).
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Ecologic study of water hardness and cerebrovascular mortality in Japan. Archives of Environmental Health, 58, 163-166.
By Miyake, Y., & Iki, M., (2003).
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Magnesium in drinking water and body magnesium status measured using an oral loading test. Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 58, 423-428.
By Rubenowitz, E., Axelsson, G., & Rylander, R., (1998).
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Magnesium in drinking water and death from acute myocardial infarction. American Journal of Epidemiology, 143, 456-462.
By Rubenowitz, E., Axelsson, G., & Rylander, R., (1996).
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Magnesium and calcium in drinking water and death from acute myocardial infarction in women. Epidemiology, 10, 31-36.
By Rubenowitz, E., Axelsson, G., & Rylander, R., (1999).

Magnesium in drinking water in relation to morbidity and mortality from acute myocardial infarction. Epidemiology, 11, 416-421.
By Rubenowitz, E., Molin, I., Axelsson, G., & Rylander, R., (2000).
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Calcium and magnesium in drinking water and risk of death from cerebrovascular disease. Stroke, 29, 411-414.
By Yang, C. –Y., (1998).
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Calcium, magnesium, and nitrate in drinking water and gastric cancer mortality. Japan Journal of Cancer Research, 89, 124-130.
By Yang, C. –Y., Cheng, M.F., Tsai, S.S., & Hsieh, Y.L., (1998).
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Calcium and magnesium in drinking water and risk of death from rectal cancer. International Journal of Cancer, 77, 528-532.
By Yang, C. –Y., & Chiu, H.F., (1998).
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Calcium and magnesium in drinking water and risk of death from colon cancer. Japan Journal of Cancer Research, 88, 928-33.
By Yang, C. –Y., Chiu, H.F., Chiu, J.F., Tsai, S.S., & Cheng, M.F., (1997).
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Magnesium in drinking water and the risk of death from diabetes mellitus. Magnes Res, 12, 131-137.
By Yang, C. –Y., Chiu, H.F., Cheng M.F., Tsai, S.S., Hung, C.F., & Tseng, Y.T., (1999).
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Colon cancer mortality and total hardness levels in Taiwan’s drinking water. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 35, 148-151.
By Yang, C. -Y., & Hung, C.-F., (1998).
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Fluoride in the drinking water and the geographical variation of coronary heart disease in Finland. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, 11, 56-62.
By Kaipio, J., Näyhä, S., & Valtonen, V., (2003).
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Understanding potassium and its use in agriculture. European Fertilizer Manufacturers Association.
By Johnston, A.E. http://www.efma.org/publications/Potassium/potassium.final.pdf
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