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

Environ Health Perspect

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

Published: January 2006

Standard methods to measure recreational water quality require at least 24 hr to obtain results, making it impossible to assess the quality of water within a single day. Methods to measure recreational water quality in

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