The fear of awful smell: Risk perceptions among farmers in Vietnam using wastewater and human excreta in agriculture

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 341-352

  Knudsen, Line G ^a   Phuc, Pham D ^b   Hiep, Nguyen T ^c   Samuelsen, Helle ^a   Jensen, Peter K ^a   Dalsgaard, Anders ^a   Raschid Sally, Liga ^d   Konradsen, Flemming ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Family and Environment in Development   (Viet Nam)

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

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EID: 42349103987     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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