Prospective study of acute health effects in relation to exposure to cyanobacteria

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 397-403

  Lévesque, Benoît ^a,b,c   Gervais, Marie Christine ^b   Chevalier, Pierre ^b   Gauvin, Denis ^b   Anassour Laouan Sidi, Elhadji ^c   Gingras, Suzanne ^b   Fortin, Nathalie ^d   Brisson, Geneviève ^b   Greer, Charles ^d   Bird, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathing; Cyanobacteria; Drinking water; Microcystin; Recreational water

Indexed keywords

BATHING; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIAL CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS; MICROCYSTINS; POISSON REGRESSION; RECREATIONAL WATER; RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS;

LAKES; MUSCLE; POTABLE WATER; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

HEALTH;

DRINKING WATER; MICROCYSTIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

BATHING WATER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; LAKE WATER; SYMPTOM; WATER TREATMENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYANOBACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; EAR DISEASE; EYE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAKE; MOUTH ULCER; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CYANOBACTERIA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCYSTINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881496433     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.045     Document Type: Article

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