Environmental impact on the bacteriological quality of domestic water supplies in Lagos, Nigeria;Impacto ambiental sobre a qualidade bacteriológica do abastecimento domiciliar de água em Lagos, Nigéria

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 513-520

  Egwari, L ^a   Aboaba, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Basic sanitation; City planning; Environmental impact; Escherichia coli, isolation purification; Rain; Water analysis; Water pollution; Water quality; Water supply, analysis

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NIGERIA; PATHOGENICITY; PIPELINE; SANITATION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036703193     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102002000400019     Document Type: Article

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