BACKGROUND Natural mineral waters may be an essential source of calcium, magnesium and other minerals. In bottled waters, minerals occur in an ionized form which is very well digestible. However, the concentration of minerals in underground waters (which constitute the material for the production of bottled waters) varies. In view of the above, the type of water consumed is essential. OBJECTI...

Sir-In a French case-control study of breast cancer (Le et al., 1984), we interviewed as controls (nonmalignant disease or no disease) 403 women aged 25 to 45 years in eight French hospitals and clinics during the period 1981-1984. All these women already had an experience of sexual intercourse. The year of birth was strongly associated with the main characteristics of oral contraceptive (OC) u...

CV Athaya Mineral is an industry that runs its business in the production and distribution of bottled drinking water. At time products, errors often occur, namely interpretation demand data each chain information received. The purpose this study was to determine optimal lotting technique for these products using Distribution Requirement Planning (DRP) method. From results processing, retail val...

Objective: In children, excessive ingestion of fluoride from different sources including bottled drinking water and flavoured beverages or soft drinks can lead to the development of dental fluorosis. In addition, the pH level of beverages is important. Low pH can cause dental erosion. In this study we explore the fluoride content and pH level of certain popular beverages available in Malaysian ...

The consumption of bottled water has been increasing consistently over the last decade, even in countries where tap water quality is considered excellent. This paper discusses some of the reasons why people decide for an option that is often more expensive and less comfortable than tap water. Consumer surveys usually stress two main factors: dissatisfaction with tap water organoleptics (especia...

A method for the determination of 42 hazard residues required by 'Japan Positive List System' in bottled water was described. Hazard compounds in bottled water were extracted with a solid phase extraction step using C18 disks. Determination was carried out by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). The disk extraction has high ...

The goal of this study is to examine the Green Purchasing Behavior factor in customers' bottled mineral water purchases. Data were collected from 192 respondents who consume Jakarta. In study, quantitative research methods are used analyze validity, reliability, descriptive statistics, and Fit Model with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). results show that Environmental Advertisement has a sig...