Health Effects Associated With Recreational Coastal Water Use

Urban Versus Rural California

Bibliographic Data

ID11028291
AuthorsRyan H Dwight (Ryan H. Dwight and Betty H. Olson are with the Environmental Health Science and Policy Program, Department of Environmental Health, Science, and Policy, University of California, Irvine. Dean B. Baker is with the Department of Medicine and Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine. Jan C. Semenza is with the School of Community Health, Portland State University, Portland, Ore.), Dean Baker (Oregon Health & Science University), Dean B Baker (Ryan H. Dwight and Betty H. Olson are with the Environmental Health Science and Policy Program, Department of Environmental Health, Science, and Policy, University of California, Irvine. Dean B. Baker is with the Department of Medicine and Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine. Jan C. Semenza is with the School of Community Health, Portland State University, Portland, Ore.), Jan C Semenza (0000-0002-4625-874X, Ryan H. Dwight and Betty H. Olson are with the Environmental Health Science and Policy Program, Department of Environmental Health, Science, and Policy, University of California, Irvine. Dean B. Baker is with the Department of Medicine and Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine. Jan C. Semenza is with the School of Community Health, Portland State University, Portland, Ore.), Betty H Olson (0000-0001-8575-8758, Ryan H. Dwight and Betty H. Olson are with the Environmental Health Science and Policy Program, Department of Environmental Health, Science, and Policy, University of California, Irvine. Dean B. Baker is with the Department of Medicine and Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine. Jan C. Semenza is with the School of Community Health, Portland State University, Portland, Ore.)
Year2004
Volume94
Issue4
Pages565-567
Publication date2004-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.4.565
PMID15054006
OpenAlexW2101245358
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited14

We compared rates of reported health symptoms among surfers in urban North Orange County (NOC) and rural Santa Cruz County (SCC), California, during 2 winters (1998 and 1999) to determine whether symptoms were associated with exposure to urban runoff. NOC participants reported almost twice as many symptoms as SCC participants during the 1998 winter. In both study years, risk increased across symptom categories by an average of 10% for each 2.5 hours of weekly water exposure. Our findings suggest that discharging untreated urban runoff onto public beaches can pose health risks

Environmental health · Geography · Public health · Recreation · Stormwater · Surface runoff · Urban runoff · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Urban Stormwater Management Solutions · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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