Assessment of Infection Risks Due to Urban Flooding

Flood Risk Science and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 429-441

  Fewtrell, Lorna ^a   Smith, Keren ^a   Kay, David ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment of Infection Risks due to Urban Flooding; Combined sewer overflows (CSOs); Cryptosporidium spp.; Disability adjusted life years (DALYs); Dose Response assessment; Mitigating Exposure to Infection; Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC); Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955610075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324846.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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