Risk assessment for Cryptosporidium: A hierarchical Bayesian analysis of human dose response data

Water Research

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 3934-3940

  Messner, Michael J ^a   Chappell, Cynthia L ^b   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Cryptosporidium parvum; Dose response; Meta analysis; Volunteer studies

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; DATA REDUCTION; FLUORESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

INFECTIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; MICROORGANISM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; META ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0034840990     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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