The association of drinking water treatment and distribution network disturbances with Health Call Centre contacts for gastrointestinal illness symptoms

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4474-4484

  Malm, Annika ^a,b   Axelsson, Gösta ^c   Barregard, Lars ^c   Ljungqvist, Jakob ^a   Forsberg, Bertil ^d   Bergstedt, Olof ^a,b   Pettersson, Thomas J R ^b  

^a Dept of Sustainable Waste and Water ^*  (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distribution network; Drinking water quality; Gastrointestinal; Health Call Centres; Water works

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERWORKS;

CALL CENTRES; DRINKING WATER NETWORKS; GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; LARGE DISTURBANCE; NUMBER OF CONTACTS; SURFACE WATER SOURCES;

POTABLE WATER;

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISTURBANCE; DRINKING WATER; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH RISK; PIPE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUMPING; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOMITING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

GOTEBORG; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 84879029288     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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