Effects of heavy rainfall on waterborne disease hospitalizations among young children in wet and dry areas of New Zealand

Heavy rainfall is associated with increased risk of waterborne disease. However, it is not known whether the risk increment differs between wet and dry regions. We examined this question in New Zealand, which has a wide geographical variation of annual rainfall totals (10th–90th percentile differenc...

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Main Authors: Hakkan Lai, Simon Hales, Alistair Woodward, Caroline Walker, Emma Marks, Avinesh Pillai, Rachel X. Chen, Susan M. Morton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Environment International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020320912