A bacteriological study of natural freshwater swimming areas in western Oregon

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 14-19

  Van Ess, Erica ^b   Harding, Anna K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAW; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; STANDARD; SUMMER; SWIMMING; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032923139     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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