Wastewater reuse for agriculture: Regional health perspective

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 446-458

  Al Salem, S S ^a   Abouzaid, H ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DESALINATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GIARDIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SANITATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAENIA SAGINATA; TRICHURIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; GUIDELINES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RAIN; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33749494192     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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