Effect of low-cost irrigation methods on microbial contamination of lettuce irrigated with untreated wastewater

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 15-22

  Keraita, Bernard ^a,b,c   Konradsen, Flemming ^c   Drechsel, Pay ^b   Abaidoo, Robert C ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contamination; Lettuce; Low cost irrigation methods; Microbial; Urban agriculture; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FECAL COLIFORM; FOOD SAFETY; IRRIGATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; URBAN AGRICULTURE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HELMINTH; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LETTUCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MANURE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; RAINY SEASON; RISK REDUCTION; SEASON; SOIL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GHANA; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LETTUCE; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

LACTUCA; VERMES;

EID: 36248993996     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01937.x     Document Type: Article

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