ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
A time series study of gastroenteritis and tap water quality in the Nantes area, France, 2002-2007.
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- A Systematic Review of the Time Series Studies Addressing the Endemic Risk of Acute Gastroenteritis According to Drinking Water Operation Conditions in Urban Areas of Developed Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- An Assessment of Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation in Dominica.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Time series study of weather, water quality, and acute gastroenteritis at Water Safety Plan implementation sites in France and Spain.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2018Article
- Review of Epidemiological Studies of Drinking-Water Turbidity in Relation to Acute Gastrointestinal Illness.Environmental health perspectives · 2017Review
- Effect of drinking water source on associations between gastrointestinal illness and heavy rainfall in New Jersey.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
In the Nantes area, 410,000 inhabitants are supplied with water pumped from the Loire River. The treatment of this water is carried out through a process of complete clarification and disinfection. During the study period (2002-07), the quality of drinking water complied with European microbial standards and mean turbidity in finished water was 0.05 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units). We aimed to characterize the link between produced water turbidity and other operational data and the incidence of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in the Nantes area. The daily number of medical prescriptions for AGE was drawn from the French national health insurance system's drug reimbursement data. We modeled this time series using Poisson regression within the framework of a Generalized Additive Model. We showed that an interquartile range turbidity degradation (0.042-0.056 NTU) was connected to a 4.2% (CI95=(1.5%; 6.9%)) increase in the risk of AGE in children and a 2.9% (CI95=(0.5%; 5.4%)) increase in adults. The slope of the turbidity risk function was higher during both high- and low-water conditions of the river. High values of daily flow of produced water were also associated with higher endemic levels of AGE.
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