ITREOH Building of regional capacity to monitor recreational water: Development of a non-commercial microcystin ELISA and its impact on public health policy

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-385

  Brena, Beatriz M ^a,b   Díaz, Laura ^a   Sienra, Daniel ^b   Ferrari, Graciela ^c   Ferraz, Natalia ^a   Hellman, Ulf ^d   Gonzalez Sapienza, Gualberto ^a   Last, Jerold A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^c National Direction of Aquatic Resources (DINARA)   (Uruguay)

^d LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; ELISA; Fogarty International Center; Microcystins; Monitoring; Uruguay, Rio de la Plata; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOGINOSIN; LAKE WATER; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTUARY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAKE; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RIVER; SEASHORE; SOUTH AMERICA; SUMMER; TOXIN ANALYSIS; URUGUAY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33845346792     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2006.12.4.377     Document Type: Article

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