The bacteriological analysis and health risks in the urban estuary of st. george's bay, grenada, west indies

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 22-26

  Patel, Rakesh H ^a   Pedersen, Karsten ^a   Kotelnikova, Svetlana ^a  

^a Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; OUTFLOW; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEWAGE; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; SAINT GEORGES BAY [GRENADA]; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUTROPHICATION; GRENADA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUTROPHICATION; GRENADA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 77958180425     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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