

@article {1596,
	title = {Risk assessment of virus in drinking water},
	journal = {Risk Analysis: an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis},
	volume = {13},
	number = {5},
	year = {1993},
	note = {Haas, C N Rose, J B Gerba, C Regli, S eng 1993/10/01 Risk Anal. 1993 Oct;13(5):545-52.},
	pages = {545-52},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {The reevaluation of drinking water treatment practices in a desire to minimize the formation of disinfection byproducts while assuring minimum levels of public health protection against infectious organisms has caused it to become necessary to consider the problem of estimation of risks posed from exposure to low levels of microorganisms, such as virus or protozoans, found in treated drinking water. This paper outlines a methodology based on risk assessment principles to approach the problem. The methodology is validated by comparison with results obtained in a prospective epidemiological study. It is feasible to produce both point and interval estimates of infection, illness and perhaps mortality by this methodology. Areas of uncertainty which require future data are indicated.},
	keywords = {Epidemiologic Methods Humans Monte Carlo Method Probability Prospective Studies Risk Factors Survival Analysis Virus Diseases/mortality/*prevention \& control *Water Microbiology *Water Supply},
	issn = {0272-4332 (Print) 0272-4332 (Linking)},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8259444},
	author = {Haas, C. N. and Rose, J. B. and Gerba, C. and Regli, S.}
}
