Comparing microbial die-off in separately collected faeces with ash and sawdust additives

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2214-2219

  Niwagaba, C ^a,b   Kulabako, R N ^a   Mugala, P ^a   Jonsson H ^b,c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE MINERALS; DRY SOILS; E. COLI; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; HIGH PH; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; PRIMARY TREATMENTS; WOOD ASHES;

ADDITIVES; BODY FLUIDS; DIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

MIXTURES;

ASH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; RECYCLING; URINE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ASH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SAWDUST; STORAGE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER; WOOD;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 67349260108     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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