Evaluation of the who nematode egg guidelines for restricted and unrestricted irrigation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 277-283

  Blumenthal, Ursula J ^a   Mara, D Duncan ^b   Ayres, Rachel M ^b   Cifuentes, Enrique ^c   Peasey, Anne ^a   Stott, Rebecca ^b   Lee, Donald L ^b   Ruiz Palacios, Guillermo ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhoeal disease; Health risks; Irrigation; Nematode infections; Reuse; Salad crops; Treatment; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CROPS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; STABILIZATION; WATER RECYCLING;

DIARRHOEAL DISEASE; NEMATODE EGG GUIDELINES; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; RAW WASTEWATER; WASTE STABILIZATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BRAZIL; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LETTUCE; MEXICO; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029955752     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1223(96)00430-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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