Open AccessExposure to Contaminated Drinking Water and Health Disparities in North Carolina
Author(s) -
Frank Stillo,
Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2016.303482
Subject(s) - environmental health , emergency department , water quality , medicine , population , public health , waterborne diseases , ecology , nursing , psychiatry , biology
To examine drinking water quality in majority Black periurban neighborhoods in Wake County, North Carolina, that are excluded from nearby municipal water service and to estimate the health benefits of extending water service.