Recreational exposure to low concentrations of microcystins during an algal bloom in a small lake

Marine Drugs

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 389-406

  Backer, Lorraine C ^a   Carmichael, Wayne ^b,c   Kirkpatrick, Barbara ^d   Williams, Christopher ^e   Irvin, Mitch ^f   Zhou, Yue ^f   Johnson, Trisha B ^g,h   Nierenberg, Kate ^d   Hill, Vincent R ^g   Kieszak, Stephanie M ^a   Cheng, Yung Sung ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mote Marine Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^d MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GreenWater Laboratories   (United States)

^f LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^h ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol exposures; Blue green algae; Cyanobacteria; Microcystins; Microcystis aeruginosa; Waterborne exposures

Indexed keywords

MICROCYSTIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; AGITATION; AIR SAMPLING; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; OTALGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAXONOMY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 46349092473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md6020389     Document Type: Article

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