Microbiological quality of fish grown in wastewater-fed and non-wastewater-fed fishponds in Hanoi, Vietnam: Influence of hygiene practices in local retail markets

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-218

  Lan, Nguyen Thi Phong ^a   Dalsgaard, Anders ^b   Cam, Phung Dac ^a   Mara, Duncan ^c  

^a Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Fishculture; Hygiene; Retail markets; Vietnam; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BACTERIOLOGY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FISH; HYGIENE; MICROBIOLOGY; POND; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CARP; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECAL COLIFORM; FOOD QUALITY; FRESH WEIGHT; INTESTINE; MARKET; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; POND; SKIN; TILAPIA; VIET NAM; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HANOI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 34250615142     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2007.014b     Document Type: Article

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