Drinking water quality and hospital admissions of elderly people for gastrointestinal illness in Eastern Massachusetts, 1998-2008

Water Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 188-198

  Beaudeau, Pascal ^a,b   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Levin, Ronnie ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Boston MA; Drinking water; Elderly; Gastrointestinal illness; Time series study; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; DISEASES; DISINFECTION; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

BOSTON MA; DISINFECTION METHODS; ELDERLY; GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITIES; POISSON REGRESSION; WATER TEMPERATURES;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; RAIN; OZONE;

DISINFECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRINKING WATER; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL COLIFORM; FLUORIDATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9; MORBIDITY; OZONATION; PATHOGENESIS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT; WEATHER; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HALOGENATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; VERY ELDERLY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYANOBACTERIA; DRINKING WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HALOGENATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; OZONE; TEMPERATURE; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84893370408     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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