Social deprivation and the public health risks of community drinking water supplies in New Zealand

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 581-583

  Hales, S ^a   Black, W ^b   Skelly, C ^c   Salmond, C ^a   Weinstein, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; GIS; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; NEW ZEALAND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0043269930     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.8.581     Document Type: Article

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