Rapidly measured indicators of recreational water quality are predictive of swimming-associated gastrointestinal illness.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on January 01, 2006

Authors

Timothy J Wade1, Rebecca L Calderon, Elizabeth Sams, Michael Beach, Kristen P Brenner, Ann H Williams, Alfred P Dufour

Author Affiliations

1: National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Human Studies Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, USA.

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