Economics and Episodic Disease: The Benefits of Preventing a Giardiasis Outbreak

by Walter O. Spofford Jr., Winston Harrington, Alan J. Krupnick, et al.

Originally published in 1991, this study uses the 1983 outbreak of Giardiasis in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania as a case study to explore the social costs of waterborne illnesses to a community. With over 6,000 people affected in that particular case, Economics and Episodic Disease emphasises the importance of Federal and State drinking water standards to protect the population from contamination whilst also commenting how regulations can be applied...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138955973
• ISBN13: 9781138955974
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"