Endotoxin inactivation in water by using medium-pressure UV lamps

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3002-3004

  Anderson, W B ^a   Huck, P M ^a   Dixon, D G ^a   Mayfield, C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS; WATER;

ENDOTOXIN INACTIVATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ENDOTOXIN; WATER;

IRRADIATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TOXIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IONIZATION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DISINFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037882247     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.3002-3004.2003     Document Type: Article

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