Estimating the frequency of tap-water exposures to Mycobacterium avium complex in the U.S. population with advanced aids

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1033-1047

  Rice, Glenn ^a   Wright, J Michael ^a   Boutin, Brenda ^a   Swartout, Jeff ^a   Rodgers, Pam ^b   Niemuth, Nancy ^b   Broder, Michael ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; RISK;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC);

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; RISK; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 23644432832     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390590912630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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