Prevalence and distribution of fecal indicator organisms in South Florida beach sand and preliminary assessment of health effects associated with beach sand exposure

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1472-1482

  Bonilla, Tonya D ^a   Nowosielski, Kara ^a   Cuvelier, Marie ^a   Hartz, Aaron ^a   Green, Melissa ^b   Esiobu, Nwadiuto ^b   McCorquodale, Donald S ^a   Fleisher, Jay M ^c   Rogerson, Andrew ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nova Southeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach sand; Coliphage; Enterococci; Escherichia coli; Exposure; Fecal coliforms; Fecal indicator microorganisms; Health risk; Interstitial water; Marine beach; Public health; Recreational beach; Swash zone; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAND; WATER QUALITY;

BEACH SANDS; FECAL INDICATOR MICROORGANISMS; INTERSTITIAL WATERS; MARINE BEACH; PUBLIC HEALTHS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECAL COLIFORM; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MICROORGANISM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POREWATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAND; WATER QUALITY; WAVE RUNUP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; HEALTH HAZARD; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLIPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FECES; FLORIDA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FORT LAUDERDALE; HOBIE BEACH; HOLLYWOOD [FLORIDA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35548929773     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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