Temporal variation in drinking water turbidity and diagnosed gastroenteritis in Milwaukee

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-239

  Morris, Robert D ^a   Naumova, Elena N ^a   Levin, Ronnie ^a   Munasinghe, Rajika L ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0030058054     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.2.237     Document Type: Article

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