Monitoring E. coli and total coliforms in natural spring water as related to recreational mountain areas

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 131-137

  An, Youn Joo ^a   Breindenbach, G Peter ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Robert S Kerr Environmental Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Fecal coliforms; Natural spring water; Total coliforms

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMAN HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; SPRING WATER; TOTAL COLIFORMS;

WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HEALTH RISK; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SPRING WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH KOREA; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WILDLIFE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; KOREA; RECREATION; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 15544386468     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-4691-9     Document Type: Article

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