An Analysis of the Pathogenic Factors of Drinking Water and the Water Supply Pattern in the Kaschin-Beck Disease Area of Zamgtang County, Sichuan Province

• 责任者：Li Shengwei (Chengdu University of Technology ; Chengdu 610081 China) ; Zhao Songjiang
• 刊名：Geology in China
• 出版年：2010
• 卷期：37(3)
• 关键词：地方病 ; endemic disease ; 饮用水 ; drinking water ; 四川 ; Sichuan Province
• 页码：p.594-599
• 图表：2 illus., 5 tables, 6 refs.
• 分类号：1800
• issnNo：ISSN1000-3657
• isbnNo：CN11-1167/P

///Kaschin-Beck disease is a kind of endemic osteoarthritis disease, and Zamgtang County is one of the serious areas of Kaschin -Beck disease. An investigation and analysis of water source and water quality of Zamgtang County have led the authors to believe that the low degree of mineralization and high humic acid in drinking water are two key environmental pathogenic factors for Kaschin-Beck disease in that area. In view of this, water improvement demonstration projects exploiting the small-scale deep groundwater have been put into practice. These projects are suitable for the Kaschin-Beck disease area and will cut off pathogenic factors.