Contamination of microbial foreign bodies in bottled mineral water in Tokyo, Japan

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-291

  Fujikawa, H ^a   Wauke, T ^a   Kusunoki, J ^a   Noguchi, Y ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Ohta, K ^a   Itoh, T ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; WATER;

ACREMONIUM; BOTTLED MINERAL WATERS; CLADOSPORIUM; FOREIGN BODIES;

CONTAMINATION;

DRINKING WATER;

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY; FUNGUS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030993107     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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