Estimating the global burden of thalassogenic diseases: Human infectious diseases caused by wastewater pollution of the marine environment

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-64

  Shuval, Hillel ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disability adjusted life years (DALY); Gastroenteritis; Global burden of disease (GBD); Infectious diseases; Infectious hepatitis; Marine ocean pollution; Pathogenic bacteria viruses; Respiratory infections; Sea bathing; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHELLFISH; STANDARD; SWIMMING; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BATHING BEACHES; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INFECTION; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; VIRUS DISEASES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 2942522182     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2003.0007     Document Type: Article

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