Guidelines for the microbiological quality of treated wastewater used in agriculture: Recommendations for revising WHO guidelines

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1104-1116

  Blumenthal, Ursula J ^a   Mara, D Duncan ^b   Peasey, Anne ^a   Ruiz Palacios, Guillermo ^c   Stott, Rebecca ^d  

^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)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Enterobacteriaceae; Guidelines; Maximum allowable concentration; Water microbiology, standards; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHILD; CLIMATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NEMATODA; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033818958     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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