Microbial risks from rainwater tanks in South East Queensland

Water

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 80-85

  Ahmed, W ^a   Vieritz, A ^a   Gardner, T ^a   Goonetilleke, A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE-BASED METHODS; FAECAL INDICATORS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE PCR; QUEENSLAND; RAINWATER SAMPLES; SALMONELLA SPP;

GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SALMONELLA;

HEALTH RISKS;

DRINKING WATER; GENOMICS; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINWATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 77954503853     PISSN: 03100367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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