The microbiological quality of drinking water sold on the streets in Kumasi, Ghana

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 334-339

  Obiri Danso, K ^a   Okore Hanson, A ^a   Jones, Keith ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factory plastic bagged; Hand tied hand filled

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; IRON; MANGANESE;

BOTTLED WATER; FACTORY PLASTIC-BAGGED; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FILLED PLASTICS; HAND-TIED-HAND-FILLED; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TOTAL VIABLE COUNTS;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; WATER;

DRINKING WATER; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES ANALYSIS; GHANA; HETEROTROPHY; INDUSTRY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; STANDARD; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 0141427757     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01403.x     Document Type: Article

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