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The possible role of magnesium (Mg) deficiency in cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been stressed and reviewed in the literature (Szelenzi, 1973; Seelig and Heggtveit, 1974; Birch and Giles, 1977; Neri and Johansen, 1978). These and other articles have stimulated a new interest in the relationship between Mg and CVD, and it was in this context that the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Reference on Studies of Cardiovascular Disease in Relation to Water Quality of the Department of Epidemiology, at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada and the Bureau of Epidemiology, National Health, and Welfare of Canada, cosponsored a workshop March 9th and 10th; 1978 to study the feasibility, practicality, and modality of magnesium intervention trials. The participants were Profs. T. Anderson and D. Hewitt from Toronto, Dr. H.L. Johansen, Mr. J.R. Marier, and Prof. L.C. Neri from Ottawa, Prof. G. Fodor from Newfoundland, Dr. M. Seelig from New Jersey, and Dr. R. Sharrett from Bethesda, Maryland. In the initial review of the available evidence, the following points were stressed.
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Johansen, H.L., Neri, L.C. (1982). Recommendations of the Magnesium Intervention Trial. In: Naito, H.K. (eds) Nutrition and Heart Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6692-8_22
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