Occurrence of pathogenic microorganisms in the Saint Lawrence river (Canada) and comparison of health risks for populations using it as their source of drinking water

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 565-576

  Payment, Pierre ^a   Berte, Aminata ^a   Prévost, Michèle ^b   Ménard, Bruno ^b   Barbeau, Benoît ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Health risk; Pathogen occurrence; Public health

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANADA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTERIC VIRUS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA;

EID: 0033922063     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w00-022     Document Type: Article

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