Flooding and emergency room visits for gastrointestinal illness in Massachusetts: a case-crossover study

Floods and other severe weather events are anticipated to increase as a result of global climate change. Floods can lead to outbreaks of gastroenteritis and other infectious diseases due to disruption of sewage and water infrastructure and impacts on sanitation and hygiene. Floods have also been ind...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2014-10, Vol.9 (10), p.e110474
Hauptverfasser:	Wade, Timothy J, Lin, Cynthia J, Jagai, Jyotsna S, Hilborn, Elizabeth D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Air pollution Analysis Atmospheric models Biology and Life Sciences Climate change Clostridium difficile Codes Confidence intervals Cross-Over Studies Diarrhea Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency Treatment - statistics & numerical data Environmental protection Environmental risk Epidemiology Flooding Floods Floods - history Floods - statistics & numerical data Food contamination & poisoning Gastroenteritis Gastrointestinal diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases - epidemiology Gastrointestinal Diseases - etiology Global climate Global temperature changes Health aspects History, 21st Century Hospital emergency services Human subjects Humans Hygiene Illnesses Infectious diseases Laboratories Lag time Logistic Models Massachusetts - epidemiology Medical care utilization Medical diagnosis Medical research Medicine and Health Sciences Nosocomial infections Odds Ratio Outbreaks Outdoor air quality Precipitation Public health Rain Regression analysis Regression models Risk Sanitation Severe weather Severe weather events Sewage Statistical analysis Triathlon Tropical diseases Water engineering Water supply systems Weather
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