The patient was a 6-year-old girl with no past history of interest. She was seen for asymptomatic skin lesions that had appeared 2 weeks earlier on the palms of the hands. The history revealed that the lesions first appeared 15 days after the start of the summer holidays, coinciding with the beginning of prolonged, daily leisure activities in a family swimming pool. The girl had not had any pre...

BACKGROUND A combination of verbal reports, observations, and physical assessments can improve understanding of prevention programs. OBJECTIVE Skin swabbing techniques were used to detect the presence of sunscreen as part of a sun protection measurement study at 16 swimming pools. Three pools demonstrated much higher sunscreen use (>95%) than the others (47.1%). This paper compares these thre...

The present study was undertaken in order to determine the quality of indoor pool waters in hotels along the Croatian coast. We wanted to assess the risks of exposure to microbial and chemical contaminants and find out if training pool operators to use a quality assurance system, that we developed, influenced hygienic conditions and water quality in swimming pools or not. The samples were analy...

Despite routine monitoring and disinfection, treated swimming pools are frequently contaminated with the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can represent a significant public health threat. This review was undertaken to identify the current understanding of risk factors associated with pool operation with respect to P. aeruginosa. The ecology and factors that promote growth of...

background: using public swimming pools during different seasons and poor health behavior could be responsible in transmis­sion of fungal disease through pool water and its environment. therefore, this research was conducted to investi­gate fungal agents of indoor public swimming pools of ahwaz, capital city of khouzestan province, south-west of iran. methods : ten indoor swimming pools of ahwa...

studies relating form and functions of cities indicate sprawl as an intriguing research issue, especially for certain typologies of cities. although with inherent differences on a local scale, mediterranean cities offer a kaleidoscopic overview of sprawl morphologies that require dedicated monitoring tools. the present study provides an original assessment of recent urbanization processes in th...

Previous studies have shown that mismanaged swimming pools could transmit water-borne diseases. The objective of the present study was the quality assessment of chemical, biological and physical characteristics of swimming pools in Shahrekord city, southwest of Iran. The two main indoor swimming pools of Shahrekord city were considered during the summer and winter of 2013. The number of 459 sam...