Public Mis-Notification of Coastal Water Quality: A Probabilistic Evaluation of Posting Errors at Huntington Beach, California

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2497-2504

  Kim, Joon Ha ^a   Grant, Stanley B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; HEALTH RISKS; SIGNS; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL BATHING WATER; COASTAL WATER QUALITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

BATHING WATER; COASTAL WATER; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; WARNING SYSTEM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BEECH; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FECES; HEALTH HAZARD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGORITHMS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; ORANGE COUNTY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

FAGUS;

EID: 2342541197     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es034382v     Document Type: Review

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