Bacterial contamination of lettuce and associated risk factors at production sites, markets and street food restaurants in urban and peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-223

  Amponsah Doku, F ^a   Obiri Danso, K ^a   Abaidoo, R C ^a   Andoh, L A ^a   Drechsel, P ^b   Kondrasen, F ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Irrigation water; Lettuce; Salmonella; Thermotolerant coliforms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTUCA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 75949094741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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