Assessing the rick posed by oocysts in drinking water

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 131-136

  Haas, Charles N ^a   Crockett, Christopher S ^b   Rose, Joan B ^c   Gerba, Charles P ^d   Fazil, Aamir M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Water Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

DISEASES; ESTIMATION; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTOZOA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

BETA POISSON DOSE RESPONSE MODELS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EXPONENTIAL DOSE RESPONSE MODELS; OOCYSTS; WATERBORNE OUTBREAKS; WATERBORNE PATHOGENS;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 0030241945     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1996.tb06619.x     Document Type: Article

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