Outbreaks of short-incubation ocular and respiratory illness following exposure to indoor swimming pools

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-271

  Bowen, Anna B ^a,b   Kile, James C ^b,c   Otto, Charles ^c   Kazerouni, Neely ^b   Austin, Connie ^d   Blount, Benjamin C ^c   Wong, Hong Nei ^e   Beach, Michael J ^e   Fry, Alicia M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloramines; Cyanuric acid; Disease outbreaks; Indoor air pollution; Swimming pools; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHLORINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWIMMING POOL; WATER POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMINES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SWIMMING POOLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33847051246     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9555     Document Type: Article

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