Impact of urban effluents on intestinal helminth infections in the wastewater discharge zone of the city of El Jadida, Morocco

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-16

  Lamghari Moubarrad, Fatima Zahra ^a   Assobhei, Omar ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Morocco; Public health; Water supply and waste systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844371494     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830510574308     Document Type: Article

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