Incidence of enteric bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus in Day Care Centers in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 202-209

  Itah, Alfred Young ^a   Ben, Agnes Edet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

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ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FURNITURE; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042839797     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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