Heavy rainfall events and diarrhea incidence: The role of social and environmental factors

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 344-352

  Carlton, Elizabeth J ^c   Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^c   Goldstick, Jason ^c   Cevallos, William ^c   Trostle, James ^c   Levy, Karen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

climate; diarrhea; Ecuador; heavy rainfall events; rain; social vulnerability; water treatment

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN; WATER;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH RISK; HYGIENE; POISSON RATIO; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EVENT; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SEASON; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COHESION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ECUADOR;

CLIMATE; DIARRHEA; ECUADOR; HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS; RAIN; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DRINKING WATER; ECUADOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SEASONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892737823     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt279     Document Type: Article

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