A prospective study of rural drinking water quality and acute gastrointestinal illness

BMC Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-6

  Strauss, Barbara ^a   King, Will ^b   Ley, Arthur ^b   Hoey, John R ^c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CMAJ   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; DIARRHEA; FAMILY SIZE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NAUSEA; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; VOMITING; WATER SUPPLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NAUSEA; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOMITING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 18744386942     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-1-8     Document Type: Article

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