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RECORD NUMBER: 691 OF 1540| Main Title | Identifying Immigrant Populations At Risk From Eating Contaminated Shellfish. | |||||||||||
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| CORP Author | Charles Consultants, Cambridge, MA.; Menzie-Cura and Associates, Inc., Chelmsford, MA.; Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston, MA.; Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Boston.; Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office, Boston. | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1994 | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB2009-111874 | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Contamination ; Shellfish ; Ingestion ; Immigrants ; Populations ; Risk ; Bacteria ; Water quality ; Environmental exposure ; Monitoring ; Asians ; Demography ; Communities ; Massachusetts | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 55p | |||||||||||
| Abstract | Potential health problems associated with eating contaminated shellfish are well recognized (citation). Concern for human exposure to pathogenic bacteria and viruses associated with sewage has lead to the closure of many shellfish beds in coastal Massachusetts. These closures are enforced by local authorities as well as the Massachusetts Environmental Police. |