A risk assessment model to evaluate the role of fecal contamination in recreational water on the incidence of cryptosporidiosis at the community level in Ontario

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-64

  Pintar, K D M ^a,b   Fazil, A ^a   Pollari, F ^a,b   Charron, D F ^b,c   Waltner Toews, D ^b   McEwen, S A ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Pool; Public health

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FREQUENCY MEASURES; MEAN-RISK; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; RECREATIONAL BEACHES; RECREATIONAL WATER; SITE-SPECIFIC; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; UPPER-END;

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH; LAKES; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIVITY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTOZOAN; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONTARIO; OOCYSTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SWIMMING POOLS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 73649092431     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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