Pathogens in Water: Value and Limits of Correlation with Microbial Indicators

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-11

  Payment, Pierre ^a   Locas, Annie ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-OCCURRENCE; DATA SETS; FECAL CONTAMINATION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITIES; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MATHEMATICAL CORRELATION; MICROBIAL INDICATORS; OCCURRENCE PROBABILITY; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; PRIMARY SOURCES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECEIVING WATERS; VARIABLE CONCENTRATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; MICROORGANISMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER TREATMENT;

PATHOGENS;

BIOINDICATOR; CORRELATION; DATA SET; FECAL PELLET; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEWAGE; VIROLOGY; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 78650355215     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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