Health hazards associated with windsurfing on polluted water.
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 76 (6) , 690-691
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.76.6.690
Abstract
We documented the risks associated with windsurfing on sewage polluted water. Seventy-nine windsurfers and 41 controls were studied over a nine-day period for occurrence of symptoms of gastroenteritis, otitis, conjunctivitis, and skin infection. Relative risks were 2.9 for occurrence of one or more of these symptoms and 5.5 for symptoms of gastroenteritis. Relative risk increased with the reported number of falls into the water.Keywords
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