A review of outbreaks of waterborne disease associated with ships: Evidence for risk management

Public Health Reports

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-442

  Rooney, Roisin M ^a   Bartram, Jamie K ^a   Cramer, Elaine H ^b   Mantha, Stacey ^c   Nichols, Gordon ^d   Suraj, Rohini ^e   Todd, Ewen C D ^f  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e Navy Environmental Health Center   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; WATER;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SHIP; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARASITOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NAVAL MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHIPS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 3242730378     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phr.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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