Use of a health information telephone line, Info-Santé CLSC, for the surveillance of waterborne gastroenteritis

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-232

  Gilbert, Marie Line ^a   Levallois, Patrick ^a   Rodriquez, Manuel J ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Health information telephone line; Surveillance; Time series analysis; Turbidity; Waterborne gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROCESS MODEL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; TELEPHONE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33745253457     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.005     Document Type: Article

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