Assessment of the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium or Giardia in drinking water from a surface water source

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1333-1346

  Teunis, P F M ^a   Medema, G J ^a   Kruidenier, L ^a   Havelaar, A H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Drinking water; Giardia; Infection; Risk assessment; Uncertainty analysis; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INFECTION RISK; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; POTABLE WATER; PROBABILITY; PROTOZOA; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; GIARDIA CYSTS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

SURFACE WATER; WATER;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; MICROPARASITE INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030615884     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00387-9     Document Type: Article

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