Drinking water microbiological risk in developed countries;Rischio microbiologico associato al consumo di acqua potabile nei paesi industrializzati

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-140

  Carraro, Elisabetta ^a   Bonetta, Silvia ^a   Palumbo, Franca ^b   Gilli, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Azienda Mediterranea Gas e Acqua   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Emerging pathogens; Microbiological risk; Waterborne diseases

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CALICIVIRUS; CANADA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 4744351701     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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