Pediatric emergency department visits for diarrheal illness increased after release of undertreated sewage

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Redman, Ryan L ^a,c   Nenn, Cheryl A ^b   Eastwood, Daniel ^a   Gorelick, Marc H ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Friends of Milwaukee's Rivers   (United States)

^c East Tennessee Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Gastrointestinal infections

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FECAL COLIFORM; GIARDIA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LAKE; MODEL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEWAGE;

EID: 36849081993     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0283     Document Type: Article

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