Waterborne diseases - What are the primary killers?

Desalination

Volumn 248, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 616-621

  Woodall, C J ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Faecal oral route; Gastroenteritis; Sanitation; Virus; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GASTROENTERITIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FAECAL ORAL ROUTE; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN HEALTH; ROTAVIRUSES; WATER-BORNE DISEASE; WATERBORNE;

BACTERIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PROTOZOA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HEALTH RISKS;

BACTERIUM; GASTROENTERITIS; PATHOGEN; SANITATION; VIRUS; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; FUNGI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA;

EID: 70349482120     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.05.110     Document Type: Article

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