1. Swimmer Illness Associated with Marine Water Exposure and Water Quality Indicators
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Arnold, Benjamin F., Schiff, Kenneth C., Griffith, John F., Gruber, Joshua S., Yau, Vincent, Wright, Catherine C., Wade, Timothy J., Burns, Susan, Hayes, Jacqueline M., McGee, Charles, Gold, Mark, Cao, Yiping, Weisberg, Stephen B., and Colford, John M.
- Abstract
Studies of health risks associated with recreational water exposure require investigators to make choices about water quality indicator averaging techniques, exposure definitions, follow-up periods, and model specifications; however, investigators seldom describe the impact of these choices on reported results. Our objectives are to report illness risk from swimming at a marine beach affected by nonpoint sources of urban runoff, measure associations between fecal indicator bacteria levels and subsequent illness among swimmers, and investigate the sensitivity of results to a range of exposure and outcome definitions.
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- 2013
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