Halonen, JI;
Kivimäki, M;
Oksanen, T;
Virtanen, P;
Virtanen, MJ;
Pentti, J;
Vahtera, J;
(2012)
Waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis: effects on sick leaves and cost of lost workdays.
PLoS One
, 7
(3)
, Article e33307. 10.1371/journal.pone.0033307.
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Abstract
In 2007, part of a drinking water distribution system was accidentally contaminated with waste water effluent causing a gastroenteritis outbreak in a Finnish town. We examined the acute and cumulative effects of this incidence on sick leaves among public sector employees residing in the clean and contaminated areas, and the additional costs of lost workdays due to the incidence.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis: effects on sick leaves and cost of lost workdays. |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0033307 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033307 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2012 Halonen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. PMCID: PMC3307726 |
| Keywords: | Disease Outbreaks, Environmental Monitoring, Epidemiological Monitoring, Female, Finland, Gastroenteritis, Humans, Male, Prevalence, Sick Leave, Water |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1387336 |
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