Application of lime (Citrus aurantifolia) juice to drinking water and food as a cholera-preventive measure

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1329-1333

  Dalsgaard, Anders ^a   Reichert, Peter ^a   Mortensen, Helle Frank ^a   Sandström, Anita ^b   Kofoed, Poul Erik ^b   Larsen, Jens Laurits ^a   Mølbak, Kåre ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Projecto de Saude de Bandim   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cholera prevention; Lime juice; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE; CHOLERA; CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA; DISEASE CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIIFOLIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030726959     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.11.1329     Document Type: Article

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