Health hazards due to pollution of waters along the coast of Visakhapatnam, east coast of India

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 390-397

  Clark, April ^a   Turner, Torrey ^a   Dorothy, K Padma ^b   Goutham, J ^b   Kalavati, C ^b   Rajanna, Bettaiya ^a  

^a ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Beach monitoring; Coastal water pollution; Health hazard; Pathogenic bacteria

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COASTAL WATERS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; HEALTH HAZARD; HELMINTH; HYGIENE; INDIA; LAND DRAINAGE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROTOZOON; RECREATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; STREPTOCOCCUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; VISAKHAPATNAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 0142186691     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(03)00098-8     Document Type: Article

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