Impact of bottled water storage duration and location on bacteriological quality

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 543-559

  Duranceau, Steven J ^a   Emerson, Hilary P ^a   Wilder, Rebecca J ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

bottled water; heterotrophic plate count; microbiological growth; water storage

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

BACTERIUM; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; LOGISTICS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTAINER; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PLATE COUNT; REFRIGERATOR; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRINKING WATER; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD STORAGE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; YEASTS;

EID: 84868563274     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.677999     Document Type: Article

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