Tendencia actual del estreptococo como indicador de contaminación fecal

Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-43

  Pita, Maritza Suárez ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

^b NONE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Classification; Enterococcus faecalis classification; Pollution indicators; Quality control

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749029458     PISSN: 02531751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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