Risk of otitis externa after swimming in recreational fresh water lakes containing Pseudomonas aeruginosa

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 7017, 1995, Pages 1407-

  Van Asperen, Ilse A ^a   de Rover, Carolien M ^b   Schijven, Jack F ^a   Oetomo, Suparto Bambang ^b   Schellekens, Joop F P ^a   Van Leeuwen, Nan J ^a   Colle, Cees ^c   Havelaar, Arie H ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^a   Sprenger, Marc W J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b District Health Authority de Achterhoek ^*

^c Provincie Gelderland ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK; SWIMMING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRESH WATER; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OTITIS EXTERNA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWIMMING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0028972106     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7017.1407     Document Type: Article

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