Weather, water quality and infectious gastrointestinal illness in two inuit communities in Nunatsiavut, Canada: Potential implications for climate change

EcoHealth

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-108

  Harper, Sherilee L ^a   Edge, Victoria L ^a   Schuster Wallace, Corinne J ^b   Berke, Olaf ^a   McEwen, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b United Nations University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; climate change; Nunatsiavut; water quality; waterborne disease; weather

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84856276835     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0690-1     Document Type: Article

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