[The specific features of calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus supply to the population in the Primorskiĭ territory].

The paper states the results of hygienic evaluation of the actual average daily dietary and drinking water intakes of calcium and magnesium in the population of the Primorye territory in 2007. The use of phosphorus as a factor that influenced the assimilability calcium and magnesium was additionally studied. The investigation used the methods of budgetary follow-up and questionnaire surveys, by applying the data on the chemical composition of foodstuffs and individual types of drinking waters. There were inadequate actual average daily intakes of calcium (22-31.1% of the normal values) and partly magnesium (574-117.5% of the normal values) and imbalance of these elements and phosphorus. Deficient intake of calcium and magnesium was most common in the residents of south-west and north-west areas of the territory. The main causes of this deficiency are the lower intake of dairy and meat products and green vegetables, the low levels of calcium and magnesium in the drinking water of its facilities, and the wide use of house water mineralization block-free filters.