Helminth eggs in raw and treated wastewater in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 137-143

  Mahvi, A H ^a   Kia, E B ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICROCOELIUM; EFFLUENT; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; IRAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TAENIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENTEROBIUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; IRAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEWAGE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TAENIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33748430054     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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