Assessing waterborne risks: An introduction

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 3-18

  Craun, Gunther F ^a   Calderon, Rebecca L ^b   Wade, Timothy J ^b  

^a Gunther F Craun and Associates   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributable risk; Bias; Endemic disease; Epidemic disease; Epidemiologic studies; Gastroenteritis; Outbreaks; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; REITER SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 33746770970     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.015     Document Type: Article

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