Investigation of bacterial pathogens on 70 frequently used environmental surfaces in a large urban U.S. university

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 17-22

  Brooke, Joanna S ^a   Annand, John W ^a   Hammer, Angela ^a   Dembkowski, Karen ^a   Shulman, Stanford T ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISINFECTION; PATHOGEN; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STUDENT; TELEPHONE NETWORK; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FURNITURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; URBAN POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 59049105354     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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