Examination of bottled water for nontuberculous mycobacteria

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-187

  Holtzman, Alan E ^a   Aronson, Timothy W ^a   Glover, Norman ^a   Froman, Seymour ^a   Stelma Jr , Gerard N ^b   Sebata, Sally N ^a   Boian, Mark G ^a   Tran, Tien T ^a   Berlin, O George W ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

bottled water; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030895736     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.2.185     Document Type: Article

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