Microbial risk assessment of local handling and use of human faeces

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-128

  Schönning, Caroline ^a   Westrell, Therese ^a   Stenström, Thor Axel ^a   Arnbjerg Nielsen, Karsten ^b   Hasling, Arne Bernt ^b   Høibye, Linda ^b   Carlsen, Anders ^c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b COWI A/S ^*  (Denmark)

^c Embedslægeinstitutionen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Excreta; Faeces; Microbial risk assessment; Pathogens; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC WASTE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES; GARDENING; GIARDIA; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; VIRUS INFECTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FECES; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASCARIS;

EID: 33947279801     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.049     Document Type: Article

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