Geohelminthic infections associated with raw wastewater reuse for agricultural purposes in Beni-Mellal, Morocco

Parasitology International

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-254

  Habbari, Khalid ^a   Tifnouti, Aziz ^b   Bitton, Gabriel ^c   Mandil, Ahmed ^d  

^a SULTAN MOULAY SLIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Children; Geohelminths; Risks; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; EGG; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; TRICHURIASIS; VEGETABLE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MOROCCO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEWAGE; SUBURBAN POPULATION; WATER;

TRICHURIS;

EID: 0033991007     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(99)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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