Quantification of the health risk associated with wastewater reuse in Accra, Ghana: A contribution toward local guidelines

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-471

  Seidu, Razak ^a   Heistad, Arve ^a   Amoah, Philip ^b   Drechsel, Pay ^b   Jenssen, Petter D ^a   Stenström, Thor Axel ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Consumers; Farmers; Health risk; Post harvest; QMRA; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING; GHANA; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LETTUCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; ASCARIASIS; DRINKING; GHANA; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LETTUCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 59449104415     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2008.118     Document Type: Article

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