Journal article
Weather, Water Quality and Infectious Gastrointestinal Illness in Two Inuit Communities in Nunatsiavut, Canada: Potential Implications for Climate Change
Abstract
Climate change is expected to cause changes in precipitation quantity, intensity, frequency and duration, which will subsequently alter environmental conditions and might increase the risk of waterborne disease. The objective of this study was to describe the seasonality of and explore associations between weather, water quality and occurrence of infectious gastrointestinal illnesses (IGI) in two communities in Nunatsiavut, Canada. Weather data …
Authors
Harper SL; Edge VL; Schuster-Wallace CJ; Berke O; McEwen SA
Journal
EcoHealth, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 93–108
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
3 2011
DOI
10.1007/s10393-011-0690-1
ISSN
1612-9202