Kristina D Mena

Summary

Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Risk assessment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in water
    Kristina D Mena
    University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
    Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 201:71-115. 2009
  2. ncbi Waterborne adenovirus
    Kristina D Mena
    University of Texas, Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
    Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 198:133-67. 2009
  3. ncbi An approach for developing quantitative risk-based microbial standards for fresh produce
    Kristina D Mena
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, P O Box 20186, Houston, TX 77225, USA
    J Water Health 6:359-64. 2008
  4. ncbi Evaluation of neighborhood treatment systems for potable water supply
    Veronica Corella-Barud
    University of Texas at El Paso, Center for Environmental Resource Management, El Paso, Texas, USA
    Int J Environ Health Res 19:49-58. 2009

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Publications4

  1. ncbi Risk assessment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in water
    Kristina D Mena
    University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
    Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 201:71-115. 2009
    ..In summary, two routes appear to carry the greatest health risks from contacting water contaminated with P. aeruginosa (1) skin exposure in hot tubs and (2) lung exposure from inhaling aerosols...
  2. ncbi Waterborne adenovirus
    Kristina D Mena
    University of Texas, Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
    Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 198:133-67. 2009
    ..2). More data are needed regarding effectiveness of water treatment against adenovirus and the human-virus dose-response relationship to fully understand the role of adenovirus as a waterborne public health threat...
  3. ncbi An approach for developing quantitative risk-based microbial standards for fresh produce
    Kristina D Mena
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, P O Box 20186, Houston, TX 77225, USA
    J Water Health 6:359-64. 2008
    ..In addition, critical factors are identified which need to be incorporated in such a risk assessment approach as well as their impact on risk estimates to provide growers with benchmarks which may be targeted to reduce health risks...
  4. ncbi Evaluation of neighborhood treatment systems for potable water supply
    Veronica Corella-Barud
    University of Texas at El Paso, Center for Environmental Resource Management, El Paso, Texas, USA
    Int J Environ Health Res 19:49-58. 2009
    ..Microbiological quality of the treated water in the homes was not demonstrably superior to that of other sources...