Cyanobacteria blooms and non-alcoholic liver disease: Evidence from a county level ecological study in the United States

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Lee, Jiyoung ^a   Liang, Song ^b   Shum, Ck ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYCOCYANIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOBACTERIAL TOXIN; MARINE TOXIN; MICROCYSTIN;

ALGAL BLOOM; CANCER; COLOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH RISK; MERIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK FACTOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASHORE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929154578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0026-7     Document Type: Article

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