Breaks and maintenance work in the water distribution systems and gastrointestinal illness: A cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 873-880

  Nygård, Karin ^a   Wahl, Erik ^b   Krogh, Truls ^a   Tveit, Odd Atle ^c   Bøhleng, Erik ^d   Tverdal, Aage ^a   Aavitsland, Preben ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

^c City of Trondheim   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Water and Wastewater BA ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Gastrointestinal illness; Water distribution; Water pressure; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DRINKING WATER; RISK FACTOR; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAINTENANCE; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34548565916     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym029     Document Type: Article

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