Regional public health cost estimates of contaminated coastal waters: A case study of gastroenteritis at southern California beaches

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 4851-4858

  Given, Suzan ^a   Pendleton, Linwood H ^a   Boehm, Alexandria B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; ENTEROCOCCI; GASTROENTERITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BACTERIA; COASTAL ZONES; COSTS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA; COASTAL ZONES; COSTS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER POLLUTION;

COASTAL WATER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BATHING BEACHES; CALIFORNIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; SWIMMING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747480588     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060679s     Document Type: Article

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