Fecal indicators in sand, sand contact, and risk of enteric illness among beachgoers

Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-106

  Heaney, Christopher D ^a,b   Sams, Elizabeth ^b   Dufour, Alfred P ^c   Brenner, Kristen P ^c   Haugland, Richard A ^d   Chern, Eunice ^c   Wing, Steve ^a   Marshall, Stephen ^a   Love, David C ^d   Serre, Marc ^e   Noble, Rachel ^e   Wade, Timothy J ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDES; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLIPHAGE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SAND; SEASHORE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; BACTEROIDES; BATHING BEACHES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655181784     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31823b504c     Document Type: Article

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