Microbiological risk assessment of Agios Georgios source supplies in Northwestern Greece based on faecal coliforms determination and sanitary inspection survey

Chemosphere

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1269-1276

  Giannoulis, N ^a   Maipa, V ^a   Konstantinou, I ^a   Albanis, T ^a   Dimoliatis, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Faecal coliforms; Greece; Risk assessment; Sanitary inspection; Source

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE; MICROBIOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

FAECAL COLIFORMS (FC); MICROBIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT (MRA); SANITARY INSPECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO);

WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; GREECE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12744277837     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.09.078     Document Type: Article

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