Searching for Escherichia coli o157 in drinking and recreational waters in Northern Greece

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 493-494

  Arvanitidou, M ^a   Constantinidis, T C ^a   Katsouyannopoulos, Vas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Escherichia coli transmission; Northern Greece; Seawater

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SORBITOL;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREECE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0157;

EID: 0030043004     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00180-8     Document Type: Article

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