Quantitative microbial risk assessment to estimate health risks attributable to water supply: Can the technique be applied in developing countries with limited data?

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-65

  Howard, Guy ^a   Pedley, Steve ^b   Tibatemwa, Sarah ^c  

^a Department for International Development ^*  (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c National Water and Sewerage Corporation   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Drinking water safety; QMRA; Risk assessment; WHO Guidelines

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING WATER; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROTAVIRUS; SAFETY; UGANDA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; EAST AFRICA; KAMPALA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 33645633290     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.0004     Document Type: Article

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