Bacteriological quality assessment of drinking water available at the flood affected areas of Peshawar

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1448-1454

  Khan, Farhat Ali ^a   Ali, Javed ^b   Ullah, Riaz ^a   Ayaz, Sultan ^c  

^a Mardan Campus   (Pakistan)

^b PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

^c Kohat University of Science and Information technology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

bacteria; diseases; Drinking water; Pakistan; WHO standards

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY; DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; PAKISTAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOODS; POTABLE WATER; SALMONELLA;

WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; CHOLERA; DRINKING WATER; DYSENTERY; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; MONSOON; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATERBORNE DISEASE; WELL WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AZAD KASHMIR; BALUCHISTAN; GILGIT-BALTISTAN; KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA; PAKISTAN; PESHAWAR; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84896716423     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2013.859841     Document Type: Article

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