Water and Health

Water and Health edited by Prati Pal Singh, Vinod Sharma.

“Water and Health” strengthens the dynamic relationship between human health and water. The book has the potential to ignite our minds about several water-related diseases due to biological and chemical contamination, and to their high-end solutions. The contents are original, comprehensive and high...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Singh, Prati Pal (Editor), Sharma, Vinod (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Waste management.
Medicine.
Medicine .
Health.
Microbiology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1.Dengue: a water-related mosquito-borne disease
  • 2.Water, environmental surveillance and molecular epidemiology of poliovirus in India
  • 3.Hepatitis A and E in potable water: a threat to health
  • 4.Waterborne viral gastroenteritis: an introduction to common agents
  • 5.Cholera and drinking water
  • 6.Typhoid fever and water
  • 7.Shigellosis: an emerging water-related public health problem
  • 8.Campylobacteriosis and water: an overview
  • 9.Pathogenic mycobacteria and water
  • 10.Water, mosquitoes and malaria
  • 11.Water, amoebiasis and public health
  • 12.Cyclosporiasis: an emerging potential threat for water contamination
  • 13.Neurocycticercosis: an emerging waterborne parasitic disease of public health importance
  • 14.Human cryptosporidiosis and drinking water: looking beyond HIV
  • 15.Water and food borne trematodiases in humans
  • 16.Water and lymphatic filariasis
  • 17.Recent update on echinococcosis and water
  • 18.Ascariasis and water: an overview
  • 19.Soil-transmitted helminths and water.-Water and chemicals
  • 20.Water quality issues needing technological interventions: sustainable availability for all
  • 21.Pollution of aqueous matrices with pharmaceuticals.-22.Pesticide toxicity, water and health
  • 23.Water quality and health issues in southwest parts of Punjab state, India
  • 24.Groundwater chemical contamination: the implication for human health.

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