Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analysis of Beach Water Quality Indicator Variables

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6405-6411

  Morrison, Ann Michelle ^a   Coughlin, Kelly ^a,b   Shine, James P ^a   Coull, Brent A ^a   Rex, Andrea C ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Water Resources Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC (ROC);

MICROBIOLOGY;

INDICATOR; RAIN; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DENSITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

BOSTON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RAIN; ROC CURVE; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242573472     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6405-6411.2003     Document Type: Article

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