The health effects of swimming in ocean water contaminated by storm drain runoff

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 355-363

  Haile, Robert W ^a,h   Witte, John S ^b   Gold, Mark ^c   Cressey, Ron ^d   McGee, Charles ⁱ   Millikan, Robert C ^e   Glasser, Alice ^f   Harawa, Nina ^f   Ervin, Carolyn ^a   Harmon, Patricia ^a   Harper, Janice ^a   Dermand, John ^a   Alamillo, James ^c   Barrett, Kevin ^a   Nides, Mitchell ^f   Wang, Guang Yu ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Heal the Bay   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Environmental epidemiology; Gastrointestinal illness; Ocean; Recreational exposures; Sewage; Storm drains; Waterborne illnesses; Waterborne pathogens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SWIMMING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WATER SAMPLING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033062746     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199907000-00004     Document Type: Article

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