Recreational and occupational field exposure to freshwater cyanobacteria – a review of anecdotal and case reports, epidemiological studies and the challenges for epidemiologic assessment

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Ian Stewart¹^,2^,3 , Penelope M Webb⁴ , Philip J Schluter⁵ and Glen R Shaw¹^,3^,6

¹National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, University of Queensland, 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia

²School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia

³Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment, PMB 3, Salisbury, SA 5108, Australia

⁴Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia

⁵Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1020, New Zealand

⁶School of Public Health, Griffith University, University Drive, Meadowbrook, QLD 4131, Australia

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Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2006, 5:6doi:10.1186/1476-069X-5-6


Published:	24 March 2006

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Anecdotal and case reports of human morbidity and mortality attributed to recreational or occupational field exposure to freshwater cyanobacteria.

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