Balneoprevention: new approaches.
Affiliations:
(1) Department of Environmental Health, Institute of Public Health Medicine, University of Pécs
Source: Int J Biometeorol. 2012 Jan;56(1):195-7
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0377-2
Publication date:
2012 Jan
E-Publication date:
Oct. 22, 2010
Availability: abstract
Copyright: © 2010, ISB
Language: English
Countries: Not specified
Location: Not specified
Correspondence address: Varga : chemsafety@freemail.hu
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Article abstract
The present study outlines a strategy for studying application of balneotreatment in preventive medicine (balneoprevention). Prophylactic use of spa treatment and mineral water consumption can be studied using epidemiological methods in the involved population. Calculated toxicological risk of balneological treatment can be decreased by performing a complete chemical analysis (including high performance organic analyses) and specific toxicity tests of medicinal water and mud (peloid) samples.