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Monday, November 23, 2009

"Cholera forcing". The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water.

30 Oct 2009 It has been frequently claimed that cholera epidemics, both in the 19th century and today, were and can be the key stimulus for procurement of safe water and sanitation, an idea that I call "cholera forcing." "Technology forcing" refers to ... Read more...

Identifying patients at risk of cardiovascular disease: a pharmacist-managed screening event for union workers and their dependents.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: To describe a pharmacist-managed health screening as a tool to identify patients who were at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). DESIGN: Descriptive nonexperimental study. SETTING: A community pharmacy, a health benefit consulting ... Read more...

Mycobacterium avium complex organisms predominantly colonize in the bathtub inlets of patients' bathrooms.

29 Apr 2009 Medical treatment of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease does not always provide curative effects and is frequently hampered by recurrence. This suggests the presence of a reservoir for MAC in the environment surrounding patients. We ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sanitary Engineering'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• "Cholera forcing". The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water. 30 Oct 2009
• [3rd communication regarding changes in the guideline for public health determination of organic coatings in contact with drinking water (organic coating guideline)] 29 Sep 2009
• [2nd communication regarding changes in the guideline for public health determination of organic coatings in contact with drinking water (organic coating guideline)] 29 Sep 2009
• Why is water an issue? 15 Sep 2009
• Identifying patients at risk of cardiovascular disease: a pharmacist-managed screening event for union workers and their dependents. 29 Jun 2009
• Mycobacterium avium complex organisms predominantly colonize in the bathtub inlets of patients' bathrooms. 29 Apr 2009
• Reducing risk with better tap design. 29 Apr 2009
• Impact of water stagnation in residential cold and hot water plumbing on concentrations of trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids. 21 Apr 2009
• Lead contamination of potable water due to nitrification. 13 Mar 2009
• Household characteristics associated with home water treatment: an analysis of the Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey. 27 Feb 2009
• A study of ecological sanitation as an integrated urban water supply system: case study of sustainable strategy for Kuching City, Sarawak, Malaysia. 27 Feb 2009
• Water quality improvement policies: lessons learned from the implementation of Proposition O in Los Angeles, California. 27 Jan 2009
• Fibre-optic distributed temperature sensing in combined sewer systems. 30 Dec 2008
• A systematic approach to data-driven modeling and soft sensing in a full-scale plant. 30 Dec 2008
• Sewer exfiltration and the colmation layer. 30 Dec 2008
• P controller calibration for the real time control of moveable weirs in (proportional) sewer channels. 30 Dec 2008
• Hydraulic modelling of sewage exfiltration. 30 Dec 2008
• Optimization of measurement campaigns for calibration of a conceptual sewer model. 30 Dec 2008
• A balancing act: the consulting engineers' pragmatic view of process modelling. 30 Dec 2008
• Source identification of copper, lead, nickel, and zinc loading in wastewater reclamation plant influents from corrosion of brass in plumbing fixtures. 29 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Sanitary Engineering'

Definition: A branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of environmental facilities conducive to public health, such as water supply and waste disposal.

Descriptor UI: D012498

Alternative terms: Sanitary Engineering; Engineering, Sanitary; Plumbing;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.229.656; J01.293.821; N06.850.780.200.800.800; N06.850.860.510;

Technical Notes: SPEC; SPEC qualif