A probabilistic risk assessment of cryptosporidium exposure among baltimore urban anglers

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1568-1576

  Roberts, Jennifer D ^a   Silbergeld, Ellen K ^b   Graczyk, Thaddeus ^b  

^a CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BALTIMORE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYSTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 34548142601     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701384791     Document Type: Article

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