Quantitative risk assessment of Cryptosporidium in tap water in Ireland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 740-753

  Cummins, E ^a   Kennedy, R ^a   Cormican, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Risk assessment; Water

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION LEVELS; CONTAMINATION LOADS; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMAN RISKS; INPUT DATAS; IRELAND; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARASITE-; POTENTIAL RISKS; PRIVATE WELLS; PROCESS STAGES; PROTOZOAN PARASITES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; RAW WATER; SOURCE WATERS; TAP WATER; TREATMENT PROCESS; WATERSHED PROTECTION;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HEALTH RISKS; MICROFILTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATORS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER FILTRATION;

TAP WATER;

COAGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISINFECTION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PROTOZOAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISINFECTION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FILTRATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IRELAND; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OOCYSTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 71849114322     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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