Safe drinking water: Critical components of effective inter-agency relationships

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-59

  Jalba, Daniel I ^a   Cromar, Nancy J ^a   Pollard, Simon J T ^b   Charrois, Jeffrey W ^c   Bradshaw, Roland ^b   Hrudey, Steve E ^d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Incident management; Inter agency cooperation; Public health; Risk management; Waterborne outbreaks

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CRITICAL COMPONENT; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT; INTERAGENCY COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT CULTURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFE DRINKING WATER; WATER-BORNE OUTBREAKS;

WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

DESIGN; DISEASE SPREAD; DRINKING WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 71849104444     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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