Investigating public health impacts of deer in a protected drinking water supply watershed

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Cinque, Kathy ^a   Stevens, Melita A ^a   Haydon, Shane R ^a   Jex, A R ^b   Gasser, Robin B ^b   Campbell, B E ^b  

^a MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Deer; Drinking water; Multiple barriers; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LANDFORMS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; POTABLE WATER; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEER; DRINKING WATER; MULTIPLE BARRIERS; WATERSHED;

HEALTH RISKS;

DRINKING WATER;

DEER; DRINKING WATER; FECES; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PROTECTED AREA; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEER; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CERVIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 50849141336     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.632     Document Type: Article

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