Environmental health indicators in New Zealand: Drinking water - A case study

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Khan, Rabia ^a,b   Phillips, David ^a   Fernando, Dinusha ^a   Fowles, Jefferson ^a   Lea, Rod ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; DPSEEA framework; Drinking water; Environmental health indicators; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHOLERA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34247235592     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0089-1     Document Type: Article

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