Is the risk of illness through consuming vegetables irrigated with reclaimed wastewater different for different population groups?

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 379-386

  Hamilton, Andrew J ^a   Stagnitti, Frank S ^a   Premier, Robert ^b   Boland, Anne Maree ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enteric virus; Ethnic group; Horticulture; Reclaimed water; Risk analysis; Wastewater reclamation

Indexed keywords

ENTERIC VIRUS; HORTICULTURE; RISK ANALYSIS;

CROPS; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; VIRUSES; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CROPS; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUSES; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER;

BROCCOLI; CABBAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; ENTERIC VIRUS; ETHNICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HORTICULTURE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE; VIRUS INFECTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES; VICTORIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33846614630     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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