Waterborne disease: An old foe re-emerging?

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 155-171

  Neumann, Norman F ^a   Smith, Daniel W ^b   Belosevic, Miodrag ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Drinking water; Emergence; Escherichia coli; Pathogens; Public health; Transmission; Treatment; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYSIOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EMERGENCE; ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS; MASS-PRODUCE DRINKING WATER; PATHOGENS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION; WATERBORNE DISEASES;

DISEASES;

EID: 23944515719     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S04-061     Document Type: Review

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