Waterborne Disease: Epidemiology and Ecology
by Paul R. Hunter, Public Health Laboratory Service, Chester, UK
1997, hardcover, 6 x 9 in., 372 pages, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-96646-0

Invaluable reading for medical practitioners, environmental health officials, public health professionals, water quality engineers, scientists and environmental regulators.

Chapters 1-4 and 31-33 cover epidemiology, water supply and distribution, drinking water, illness associated with recreational water, chemical poisoning, cancer, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. The other chapters cover specific water-related illnesses or pathogens, one per chapter, discussing (as applicable) clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, environmental detection, ecology, epidemiology, and microbiology.

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