Vulnerability of waterborne diseases to climate change in Canada: A review

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 20-22, 2004, Pages 1667-1677

  Charron, Dominique F ^a   Thomas, M Kathleen ^b   Waltner Toews, David ^b   Aramini, Jeffery J ^a   Edge, Tom ^c   Kent, Robert A ^c   Maarouf, Abdel R ^c   Wilson, Jeff ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLOOD TIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FRESH WATER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 4644287358     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390490492313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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