Health impacts of waterborne microbes
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What are the health impacts of waterborne microbes in drinking water?
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Health impacts of waterborne microbes depends on the following parameters:
- Exposure to pathogens
- Drinking water consumption
- Concentrations of pathogens in drinking water
Calculations
RCode
Daily cold tap water use of Finns
Concentrations of pathogens in drinking water
The amount of pathogens an average water consumer is exposed to in a day
See also
- Water guide
- http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps35390/cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm-deid=55145.htm
- Finley, B., Proctor, D., Scott, P., Harrington, N., Paustenbach, D., Price, P. 1994. Recommended distributions for exposure factors frequently used in health risk assessment. Risk Analysis 14(4), 533-553.
- Havelaar, A. and Melse, J. M. (2003). Quantifying public health risk in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking‐ Water Quality: a burden of disease approach. RIVM raport 734301022. Bilthoven, RIVM.