Editorial: New international guidelines for wastewater use in agriculture

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 575-577

  Ensink, Jeroen H J ^a   Hoek, Wim Van Der ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Developing countries; Wastewater use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH HAZARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MANAGEMENT; PLANT NUTRIENT; POPULATION RISK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GUIDELINES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34247198346     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01817.x     Document Type: Editorial

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