Water and the environment: A natural resource or a limited luxury?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 609-613

  Leder, Karin ^a   Sinclair, Martha I ^a   McNeil, John J ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHEMICAL AGENT; DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATCHMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLIMATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; EAR INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KERATITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SALINITY; SKIN DISEASE; TANK; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037011650     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04983.x     Document Type: Review

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