Microbiological and metal contamination of watercress in the Wellington region, New Zealand - 2000 survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-26

  Edmonds, C ^a   Hawke, Richard ^b  

^a Hutt Valley Distric Health Board   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; SURFACE WATER; WATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HARVESTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEW ZEALAND; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAMPLING; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERCRESS;

EID: 1342284222     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00627.x     Document Type: Article

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