Contamination of public whirlpool spas: Factors associated with the presence of Legionella spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Brousseau, Nicholas ^a,b   Lévesque, Benoît ^a,b   Guillemet, Thibault A ^a   Cantin, Philippe ^c   Gauvin, Denis ^a   Giroux, Jean Philippe ^a   Gingras, Suzanne ^a   Proulx, Franois ^d   Côté, Pierre André ^e   Dewailly, Eric ^a,b,f  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^d Divisiondes Laboratoires du Service de l'Environnement de la Ville de Québec ^*  (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hot tubs; Legionella spp.; Legionnaires' disease; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Whirlpool spas

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAINTENANCE; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANADA; CLEANING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SANITATION; SWIMMING POOL; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BATHS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; LEGIONELLA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUEBEC; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEGIONELLA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84870586186     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.678001     Document Type: Article

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