Challenges in developing methods for quantifying the effects of weather and climate on water-associated diseases: A systematic review

Giovanni Lo Iacono; Ben Armstrong; Lora E. Fleming; Richard Elson; Sari Kovats; Sotiris Vardoulakis; Gordon L. Nichols

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005659

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Challenges in developing methods for quantifying the effects of weather and climate on water-associated diseases: A systematic review

Giovanni Lo Iacono ,

* E-mail: gianni.loiacono@PHE.gov.uk

Affiliation Chemical and Environmental Effects Department, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, Chilton, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6150-2843

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Ben Armstrong,

Affiliation Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Lora E. Fleming,

Affiliation European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Richard Elson,

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Infections, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom
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Sari Kovats,

Affiliation Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Sotiris Vardoulakis,

Affiliations Chemical and Environmental Effects Department, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, Chilton, United Kingdom, Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Gordon L. Nichols

Affiliations European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Gastrointestinal Infections, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece
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Challenges in developing methods for quantifying the effects of weather and climate on water-associated diseases: A systematic review

Giovanni Lo Iacono,
Ben Armstrong,
Lora E. Fleming,
Richard Elson,
Sari Kovats,
Sotiris Vardoulakis,
Gordon L. Nichols

Published: June 12, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005659

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