Outbreaks of Short-Incubation Ocular and Respiratory Illness Following Exposure to Indoor Swimming Pools
Author(s) -
Anna Bowen,
James C. Kile,
Charles Otto,
Neely Kazerouni,
Connie Austin,
Benjamin C. Blount,
Hong-Nei Wong,
Michael J. Beach,
Alicia M. Fry
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9555
Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , confidence interval , environmental health , respiratory system , relative risk , respiratory illness , indoor air , emergency medicine , veterinary medicine , environmental science , environmental engineering , pathology
Chlorination destroys pathogens in swimming pool water, but by-products of chlorination can cause human illness. We investigated outbreaks of ocular and respiratory symptoms associated with chlorinated indoor swimming pools at two hotels.
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