Effect of lot variability on ultraviolet radiation inactivation kinetics of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4166-4171

  Sivaganesan, Mano ^a   Sivaganesan, Siva ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ERROR ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BAYESIAN MODELS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; INACTIVATION KINETICS; OOCYSTS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

CYST; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DOSE RESPONSE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OOCYSTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER PURIFICATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 20044391240     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0489083     Document Type: Article

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