Safety aspects of handling and using fecal material from urine-diversion toilets - A field investigation

Water Environment Research

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 308-315

  Austin, L M ^a,b   Cloete, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bulking agent; Dehydration; Feces; Pathogen destruction; Storage time; Urine diversion toilets

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; MATERIALS HANDLING; PATHOGENS; SOILS; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

BULKING AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FECAL STREPTOCOCCI; FECES; FIELD INVESTIGATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING; STORAGE TIME; URINE DIVERSION TOILETS;

BODY FLUIDS;

SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

DEHYDRATION; FECAL COLIFORM; MOISTURE CONTENT; PATHOGEN; PH; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE; URINE; WOOD;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; ASH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAFETY; SANITATION; SOIL; STRAW; STREPTOCOCCUS; URINE;

ASCARIS;

EID: 45349092152     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143007X221021     Document Type: Article

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