How can the UK statutory Cryptosporidium monitoring be used for quantitative risk assessment of cryptosporidium in drinking water?

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 107-118

  Smeets, Patrick W M H ^a   van Dijk, J C ^c   Stanfield, G ^b   Rietveld, L C ^c   Medema, G J ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Drinking water; QMRA; Risk assessment; Statutory monitoring; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; MICROBIOLOGY; MONITORING; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FILTRATION; INFECTION RISK; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEDIMENTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 35548975155     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2007.140     Document Type: Article

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