303 Pages
by
CRC Press
303 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This book examines, in both a current and historical context, water-related illness in the U.S. Emphasis is placed upon the transmission of infectious diseases through contaminated drinking water supplies and those deficiencies in water supply systems which allow waterborne outbreaks to occur. Chapters have been included on the important etiologic agents responsible for waterborne outbreaks in the... Read more
Part 1: Waterborne Diseases 1. Introduction 2. Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Common Infectious Diseases and Chemical Poisonings Caused by Ingestion of Contaminated Drinking Water 3. Diseases caused by Water Contact 4. Chemical Drinking Water Contaminants and Disease Part 2: Waterborne Outbreak Statistics 5. Statistics of Waterborne Outbreaks in the U.S. (1920-1980) 6. Recent Statistics of Waterborne Disease Outbreaks (1981-1983) Part 3: Investigation of Waterborne Outbreaks 7. Epidemiologic Procedures for Investigation of Waterborne Disease Outbreaks 8. Methods to Identify Waterborne Outbreak Investigation 9. Engineering Aspects of Waterborne Outbreak Investigation Part 4: Prevention of Waterborne Outbreaks 10. Regulations and Surveillance 11. Barriers to the Transmission of Waterborne Disease.
Biography
Gunther F. Craun
