The costs of respiratory illnesses arising from Florida gulf coast Karenia brevis blooms

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1239-1243

  Hoagland, Porter ^a   Jin, Di ^a   Polansky, Lara Y ^a   Kirkpatrick, Barbara ^b   Kirkpatrick, Gary ^b   Fleming, Lora E ^c   Reich, Andrew ^d   Watkins, Sharon M ^d   Ullmann, Steven G ^e   Backer, Lorraine C ^f  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Economic impact; Emergency department (ED); Harmful algal bloom (HAB); Natural hazard

Indexed keywords

BREVETOXIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TOURISM; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MARINE TOXINS; OXOCINS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

ALGAE; KARENIA BREVIS;

EID: 69249085757     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900645     Document Type: Article

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