A systematic review of waterborne disease outbreaks associated with small non-community drinking water systems in Canada and the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Pons, Wendy ^a   Young, Ian ^a,b   Truong, Jenifer ^a   Jones Bitton, Andria ^a   McEwen, Scott ^a   Pintar, Katarina ^a,b   Papadopoulos, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CANADA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERBORNE DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; WATERBORNE DISEASES;

CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERBORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84949934667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141646     Document Type: Review

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