Drinking water consumption patterns in British Columbia: An investigation of associations with demographic factors and acute gastrointestinal illness

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 388, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 54-65

  Jones, A Q ^a   Majowicz, S E ^a,b   Edge, V L ^b   Thomas, M K ^a   MacDougall, L ^c   Fyfe, M ^c,d   Atashband, S ^c   Kovacs, S J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^e WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottled water; British Columbia; Canada; Drinking water; Gastrointestinal illness

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BOTTLED WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS; WATERBORNE HAZARDS;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER TREATMENT;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOMITING; WATER TREATMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER SUPPLY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 37849022046     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.028     Document Type: Article

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