Pollution status of swimming pools in south-south zone of South-Eastern Nigeria using microbiological and physicochemical indices

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 488-493

  Itah, Alfred Young ^a   Ekpombok, Mandu Uwen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSIDIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MUCOR; NIGERIA; PENICILLIUM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RHIZOPUS; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SWIMMING POOL; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 4544317789     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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