Waterborne disease in Norway: Emphasizing outbreaks in groundwater systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 563-571

  Kvitsand, Hanne M L ^a   Fiksdal, Liv ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Drinking water; Groundwater; Norovirus; Waterborne outbreaks

Indexed keywords

POTABLE WATER;

CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CAMPYLOBACTERS; COLIFORMS; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; WATER-BORNE DISEASE; WINTER SEASONS;

GROUNDWATER;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BEDROCK; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE SPREAD; DRINKING WATER; VIRUS; WATERBORNE DISEASE; WELL WATER; WINTER;

AQUIFER; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GIARDIA; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; NORWAY; SAFETY; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SHIGELLA; WATER BORNE DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

NORWAY;

CAMPYLOBACTER; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 85000337600     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.863     Document Type: Article

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