Bacterial contamination of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) along the supply chain in nairobi and its environment

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 46-53

  Kutto, E K ^a   Ngigi, M W ^a   Karanja, N ^a   Kange'The E ^a   Bebora, L C ^a   Lagerkvist, C J ^b   Mbuthia, P G ^a   Njagi, L W ^a   Okello, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTROL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; BRASSICA; COMMERCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; KENYA; SALMONELLA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84892527967     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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