Recreational exposure to microcystins during algal blooms in two California lakes

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 909-921

  Backer, Lorraine C ^a   McNeel, Sandra V ^b   Barber, Terry ^c   Kirkpatrick, Barbara ^d   Williams, Christopher ^e   Irvin, Mitch ^f   Zhou, Yue ^f   Johnson, Trisha B ^g   Nierenberg, Kate ^d   Aubel, Mark ^e   LePrell, Rebecca ^a   Chapman, Andrew ^e   Foss, Amanda ^e   Corum, Susan ^h   Hill, Vincent R ^g   Kieszak, Stephanie M ^a   Cheng, Yung Sung ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Siskiyou County Department of Public Health and Community Development   (United States)

^d MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GreenWater Laboratories   (United States)

^f LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MICROCYSTIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ALGAL BLOOM; APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FISHING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NOSE SMEAR; OTALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RED TIDE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SWIMMING; SYMPTOM; TAXONOMY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; ENTEROVIRUS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77649231657     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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