Rainfall and outbreaks of drinking water related disease and in England and Wales

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Nichols, Gordon ^a,b   Lane, Chris ^a   Asgari, Nima ^c   Verlander, Neville Q ^a   Charlett, Andre ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c North East and Central London Health Protection Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drinking; Outbreaks; Rainfall; Water safety plans; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

BACTERIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RAIN; WALES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 64049118611     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.143     Document Type: Article

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