| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 404 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Dengue: A Water-Related Mosquito-Borne Disease / Bhawana Jain and Amita Jain -- Water, Environmental Surveillance and Molecular Epidemiology of Poliovirus in India / Tapan N. Dhole and Animesh Chatterjee -- Hepatitis A and E in Potable Water: A Threat to Health / Prem Shankar, Jyotsna Mishra and Sarman Singh -- Waterborne Viral Gastroenteritis: An Introduction to Common Agents / Parul Jain and Amita Jain -- Cholera and Drinking Water / Brahm S. Srivastava -- Typhoid Fever and Water / Varsha Gupta and Ritu Garg -- Shigellosis: An Emerging Water-Related Public Health Problem / Usha K. Baveja -- Campylobacteriosis and Water: An Overview / Kishan K. Nyati and Kashi N. Prasad -- Pathogenic Mycobacteria and Water / Sukhraj Kaur -- Water, Mosquitoes and Malaria / V.P. Sharma -- Water, Amoebiasis and Public Health / Prati Pal Singh and Abhiruchi Galhotra -- Cyclosporiasis: An Emerging Potential Threat for Water Contamination / H. Ahmad and Sanjeev Sinha -- Neurocysticercosis: An Emerging Waterborne Parasitic Disease of Public Health Importance / Subhash Chandra Parija and Ira Praharaj -- Human Cryptosporidiosis and Drinking Water: Looking Beyond HIV / Ujjala Ghoshal and Asmita Dey -- Water- and Food-Borne Trematodiases in Humans / Sumeeta Khurana and Nancy Malla -- Water and Lymphatic Filariasis / Shailja Misra-Bhattacharya, Susheela Kushwaha and Preeti Bajpai -- Recent Update on Echinococcosis and Water / Abhiruchi Galhotra and Priya Datta -- Ascariasis and Water: An Overview / D.K. Chhina, R.S. Chhina and P. Suri -- Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Water / Qudsia Tahseen -- Water Quality Issues Needing Technological Interventions: Sustainable Availability for All / Khandal Dhriti, G. Mathur, R. Prem, Monica Singh, V.S. Rawat, Geetha Seshadri [and 2 others] -- Pollution of Aqueous Matrices with Pharmaceuticals / Kriti Jindal, Mallikarjun Narayanam and Saranjit Singh -- Chemical Contaminants in Water and Associated Health Hazards / Prahlad K. Seth -- Water Quality and Health Issues in South-West Parts of Punjab State, India / K.P. Singh -- Groundwater Chemical Contamination: The Implication for Human Health / Anita Rana and D.M. Craig |
| Summary |
"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 highly informative, and gradually take the reader around the component most important to his or her quality life, and not just existence. The book is set in social, scientific and economic dimensions, and is a must read for all those who cherish and celebrate human life and dignity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 7, 2013) |
| Subject |
Waterborne infection.
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Drinking water -- Health aspects
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Environmental health.
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Waterborne Diseases
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Drinking water -- Health aspects
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Environmental health
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Waterborne infection
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Singh, Prati Pal, editor
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Sharma, Vinod, editor
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| ISBN |
9788132210290 |
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8132210298 |
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