Microbiological indicators of water quality in the Xochimilco canals, Mexico City

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 389-395

  Juárez Figueroa, Luis Alfredo ^a   Silva Sánchez, Jesús ^a   Uribe Salas, Felipe Javier ^a   Cifuentes García, Enrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fecal contamination; Mexico; Sanitation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SANITATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 19244381998     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342003000500009     Document Type: Article

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