Where's the pump? Associating sporadic enteric disease with drinking water using a geographic information system, in British Columbia, Canada, 1996-2005

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 692-698

  Uhlmann, Sasha ^a,b   Galanis, Eleni ^b   Takaro, Tim ^a   Mak, Sunny ^b   Gustafson, Larry ^d   Embree, Glen ^d   Bellack, Neil ^c   Corbett, Kitty ^a   Isaac Renton, Judy ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enteric disease; Geographic information system; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE; DRINKING WATER; GIS; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUMP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CANADA; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE MAPPING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77949359555     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.108     Document Type: Article

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