Disease transmission models for public health decision making: Analysis of epidemic and endemic conditions caused by waterborne pathogens

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 783-790

  Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^a   Brookhart, M Alan ^a   Rice, Glenn ^b   Brown, Mary ^b   Colford Jr , John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Epidemic; Giardia; Infectious disease; Mathematical models; Waterborne pathogens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0036060003     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110783     Document Type: Article

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