Risks of water-borne disease outbreaks after extreme events

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 593-599

  Marcheggiani, Stefania ^a   Puccinelli, Camilla ^a   Ciadamidaro, Simone ^a   Bella, Valentina Della ^a   Carere, Mario ^a   Blasi, Monica Francesca ^a   Pacini, Nic ^b   Funari, Enzo ^a   Mancini, Laura ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Floods; Human health; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CONCENTRATION OF; EXTREME EVENTS; FLOOD EVENT; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HEAT WAVES; HUMAN HEALTH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; LEGIONELLOSIS; LONG TERM; MEDIUM TERM; NEW STRATEGY; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; VECTOR DISTRIBUTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WATER-BORNE; WATER-BORNE DISEASE; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

FLOODS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE SPREAD; DROUGHT; FLOOD; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE CYCLE;

ITALY;

EID: 77949383604     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240903252140     Document Type: Article

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