Environmental water chemistry and possible correlation with Kaschin-Beck Disease (KBD) in northwestern Sichuan, China

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• 作者：Zeming Shi^a ; ^b ; Pujing Pan^a ; ^{Pujing.Pan@outlook.com} ; Yanwei Feng^a ; Zezhong Kan^c ; Zhonghui Li^c ; Fei Wei^a
• 关键词：Water hardness and salinity ; Kaschin-Beck Disease (KBD) ; NW Sichuan ; Water chemistry
• 刊名：Environment International
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：99
• 期：Complete
• 页码：282-292
• 全文大小：2201 K
• 卷排序：99

文摘

Relationship between KBD and the environment was studies by examining the chemistry of the surface waters in NW Sichuan, China; Surface waters in the study area were found to be near neutral to slightly alkaline, mostly soft and low in salinity; Spatially, water hardness/salinity was found to be lower towards the center of the area where most severe KBD has been observed; Long-term consumption of such soft and low salinity waters may lead to a deficiency of some essential elements in humans; And such a deficiency of essential elements such as Ca, Mg, Se and I in humans may be a factor in inducing KBD.