Solid waste disposal in urban areas and health - The case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 549-556

  Heller, Léo ^a   Antunes Catapreta, Cícero Antonio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Department of Urban Cleansing ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Epidemiology; Municipal solid wastes; Respiratory diseases; Sanitary landfill; Wmr 666 3

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEALTH HAZARDS; LAND FILL; SANITATION; SOLID WASTES; URBAN PLANNING;

SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

HEALTH IMPACT; LANDFILL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOLID WASTE; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

BELO HORIZONTE; BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0742289043     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X0302100607     Document Type: Article

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