High population density is greatest risk factor for water-linked diseases

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 23:30 in Health & Medicine

Water-associated infectious disease outbreaks are more likely to occur in areas where a region's population density is growing, according to a new global analysis of economic and environmental conditions that influence the risk for these outbreaks.

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