Water Quality: Guidelines, Standards and Health - Assessment of Risk and Risk Management for Water-related Infectious Diseases
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The potential to increase consistency in approaches to assessment and management of water-related microbial hazards was
Table of contents : Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 List of Contributors......Page 11 Disclaimer......Page 15 1 Harmonised assessment of risk and risk management for water-related infectious disease: an overview......Page 16 2 Guidelines: the current position......Page 32 3 The Global Burden of Disease study and applications in water, sanitation and hygiene......Page 58 4 Endemic and epidemic infectious intestinal disease and its relationship to drinking water......Page 76 5 Excreta-related infections and the role of sanitation in the control of transmission......Page 104 6 Disease surveillance and waterborne outbreaks......Page 130 7 Epidemiology: a tool for the assessment of risk......Page 150 8 Risk assessment......Page 176 9 Quality audit and the assessment of waterborne risk......Page 200 10 Acceptable Risk......Page 222 11 A public health perspective for establishing water-related guidelines and standards......Page 244 12 Management strategies......Page 272 13 Indicators of microbial water quality......Page 304 14 Risk communication......Page 332 15 Economic evaluation and priority-setting in water and sanitation interventions......Page 348 16 Implementation of guidelines: some practical aspects......Page 376 17 Regulation of microbiological quality in the water cycle......Page 392 18 Framework for guidelines development in practice......Page 410 B......Page 428 D......Page 429 E......Page 430 F......Page 431 H......Page 432 M......Page 433 P......Page 434 R......Page 435 S......Page 437 W......Page 438 Y......Page 439