Estimate of incidence and cost of recreational waterborne illness on United States surface waters

Abstract Background Activities such as swimming, paddling, motor-boating, and fishing are relatively common on US surface waters. Water recreators have a higher rate of acute gastrointestinal illness, along with other illnesses including respiratory, ear, eye, and skin symptoms, compared to non-wate...

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Published in:	Environmental Health
Main Authors:	Stephanie DeFlorio-Barker, Coady Wing, Rachael M. Jones, Samuel Dorevitch
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-01-01
Subjects:	Water recreation Economic burden National estimate open climate campaign
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-017-0347-9