Determining the source of fecal contamination in recreational waters.
Public health departments bear the responsibility for investigating recreational water-associated disease outbreaks. Tracking the source of the disease is often problematic, however, because routine monitoring of recreational waters (for bacterial counts) is not source specific. The intent of the pr...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Environmental Health Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 25 - 31 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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National Environmental Health Association
Jul/Aug2005
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