Marine swimming-related illness: Implications for monitoring and environmental policy

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 645-650

  Henrickson, Sarah E ^a   Wong, Thomas ^b   Allen, Paul ^c   Ford, Tim ^d   Epstein, Paul R ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease surveillance; Marine Ecosystems; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ACCURACY; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEGRADATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR INFECTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ERROR; EYE INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LIFESPAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MONITORING; NOSE INFECTION; OCCUPATION; PATHOGENICITY; PERCEPTION; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PLANKTON; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RESERVOIR; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK; SEDIMENT; SKIN INFECTION; SWIMMING; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0034873291     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109645     Document Type: Review

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