Study on Cryptosporidium contamination in vegetable farms around Tehran

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-198

  Ranjbar Bahadori, Sh ^a   Mostoophi, A ^a   Shemshadi, B ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; VEGETABLE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IRAN; PARASITOLOGY; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84879970677     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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