Water outage increases the risk of gastroenteritis and eyes and skin diseases

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Huang, Ling Ya ^a   Wang, Yu Chun ^b   Liu, Chung Ming ^c   Wu, Trong Neng ^a   Chou, Chang Hung ^a   Sung, Fung Chang ^a,c   Wu, Chin Ching ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; EYE DISEASE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEAT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE DISEASES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GASTROENTERITIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; TAIWAN; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053176010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-726     Document Type: Article

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