Chlorine inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 461-463

  Rice, Eugene W ^a   Clark, Robert M ^a   Johnson, Clifford H ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLORINATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033002991     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0503.990322     Document Type: Article

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