Risk assessment of Giardia in rivers of southern China based on continuous monitoring

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 309-313

  An, Wei ^a   Zhang, Dongqing ^a   Xiao, Shumin ^a,b   Yu, Jianwei ^a   Yang, Min ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Disability adjusted life years; Giardia; Risk assessment; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; GIARDIA; OOCYSTS; RAINY SEASONS; RIVER NETWORK; SOURCE WATERS; SOUTHERN CHINA; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER INTAKES; ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

PROTOZOA;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; FLAGELLATE; PARASITE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84863125794     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60768-7     Document Type: Article

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