Marine waters contaminated with domestic sewage: Nonenteric illnesses associated with bather exposure in the United Kingdom

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1228-1234

  Fleisher, Jay M ^a,b,f   Kay, David ^c   Salmon, Roland L ^d   Jones, Frank ^c   Wyer, Markd ^c   Godfree, Alan F ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CREH ANALYTICAL LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e Acer Environmental   (United Kingdom)

^f SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EAR INFECTION; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWIMMING; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0029813830     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.9.1228     Document Type: Article

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