a prospective study of rural drinking water quality and acute gastrointestinal illness的前瞻性研究农村饮水质量和急性胃肠道疾病.pdfVIP

BMC Public Health BioMed Central BMC Public Health :8 2001, 1 Research article A prospective study of rural drinking water quality and acute gastrointestinal illness 1 2 3 4 Barbara Strauss , Will King , Arthur Ley and John R Hoey* Address: 1Communicable Disease Epidemiology, BC Centre for Disease Control, 655 West 12th Ave., Vancouver BC V5Z 4R4, Canada, 2Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queens University, Kingston ON K7L 3N6, Canada, 3Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queens University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada and 4Canadian Medical Association, 1867 Alta Vista, Ottawa ON K1G 3Y6, Canada E-mail: Barbara Strauss - barb.strauss@bccdc.hnet.bc.ca; Will King - kingw@post.queensu.ca; Arthur Ley - leya@post.queensu.ca; John R Hoey* - hoeyj@cma.ca *Corresponding author Published: 29 August 2001 Received: 16 May 2001 Accepted: 29 August 2001 BMC Public Health 2001, 1:8 This article is available from: /1471-2458/1/8 © 2001 Strauss et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in any medium for any non-com- mercial purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the articles original URL. For commercial use, contact info@ Abstract Background: This study examined the relationship between the bacteriological contamination of drinking water from private wells and acute gastrointestinal illness (AGII), using current government standards for safe drinking water. Methods: A prospecti