Acute gastroenteritis and recreational water: Highest burden among young US children

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1690-1697

  Arnold, Benjamin F ^a   Wade, Timothy J ^b   Benjamin Chung, Jade ^a   Schiff, Kenneth C ^c   Griffith, John F ^c   Dufour, Alfred P ^d   Weisberg, Stephen B ^c   Colford, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b US Environmental Protection Agency's EPA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84982171350     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303279     Document Type: Article

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