A quantitative risk assessment of waterborne infectious disease in the inundation area of a tropical monsoon region

Sustainability Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-54

  Kazama, So ^a   Aizawa, Toshiki ^b   Watanabe, Toru ^c   Ranjan, Priyantha ^d   Gunawardhana, Luminda ^a   Amano, Ayako ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBAYASHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concentration of coliform bacteria; Dose response model; Hydrological model; The Mekong River

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 83055184318     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-011-0141-5     Document Type: Article

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