Quantitative microbial risk assessment of human illness from exposure to marine beach sand

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2799-2805

  Shibata, Tomoyuki ^a,c   Solo Gabriele, Helena M ^b,c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH SAND; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEDERAL GUIDELINES; MARINE BEACHES; MARINE WATERS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NON-POINT SOURCE; OOCYSTS; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; RECREATIONAL BEACHES; RECREATIONAL SITES; REFERENCE LEVELS; S. AUREUS; SKIN INFECTION;

BEACHES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATHOGENS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SAND;

SEA WATER;

BEACH; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAND; SKIN; VIRUS; YEAST;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROVIRUS; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAND; SEASHORE; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YEAST;

BATHING BEACHES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEAWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROVIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERMES;

EID: 84857873860     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203638x     Document Type: Article

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