Occurrence of gram-negative bacteria in drinking water undergoing softening treatment

Zentralblatt fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 152-162

  Romano, Giancarlo ^a,b   Stampi, Serena ^a,b   Zanetti, Franca ^a,b   De Luca, Giovanna ^a,b   Enrico Tonelli, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Sezione di Igiene   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; ITALY; URBAN HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SOFTENING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031197018     PISSN: 09348859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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