Inactivation of Aspergillus flavus in drinking water after treatment with UV irradiation followed by chlorination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 525-529

  Al Gabr, Hamid Mohammad ^a,b   Zheng, Tianling ^b   Yu, Xin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Chlorination; Disinfection; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHLORINE CONCENTRATION; DISINFECTION PROCESS; INVERSE CORRELATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; SAFETY OF DRINKING WATER; UV IRRADIATION;

ASPERGILLUS; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; FUMIGATION; OZONIZATION; VIRUSES;

CHLORINATION;

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

CHLORINATION; DRINKING WATER; FUNGUS; IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; UV IRRADIATION;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRINKING WATER; HALOGENATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84880031403     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.065     Document Type: Article

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