Epidemiology of recreational exposure to freshwater cyanobacteria - An international prospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Stewart, Ian ^a,b   Webb, Penelope M ^c   Schluter, Philip J ^d   Fleming, Lora E ^e   Burns Jr , John W ^f   Gantar, Miroslav ^g   Backer, Lorraine C ^h   Shaw, Glen R ^a,b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment ^*  (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f PBS and J   (United States)

^g FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL SURFACE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAY FEVER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; EUTROPHICATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYANOBACTERIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUTROPHICATION; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33745773378     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-93     Document Type: Article

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