Risk of gastroenteritis among triathletes in relation to faecal pollution of fresh waters

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-315

  Van Asperen, Ilse A ^a   Medema, Gertjan ^a   Borgdorff, Martien W ^a   Sprenger, Marc J W ^a   Havelaar, Arie H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Faecal pollution; Fresh water; Gastroenteritis; Swimming; Triathletes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER STANDARD;

ADULT; BICYCLING; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SWIMMING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031945829     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.2.309     Document Type: Article

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