The effect of waste water reuse in irrigation on the contamination level of food crops by Giardia cysts and Ascaris eggs

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Amahmid, O ^a   Asmama, S ^a   Bouhoum, K ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Ascaris eggs; Contamination; Food crops; Giardia cysts; Irrigation; Persistence; Waste water

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; LETTUCE; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; SAMPLE; SEWAGE; VEGETABLE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; APIACEAE; ASCARIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GIARDIA; HUMANS; LAMIACEAE; SEWAGE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0032788071     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(99)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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