Peri-urban aquatic plant culture and skin disease in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 302-311

  Anh, Vuong Tuan ^a   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^c   Ersbøll, Annette Kjær ^b   Vicheth, Chan ^d   Cam, Phung Dac ^a   Dalsgaard, Anders ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^d National Clinic for Dermatology and STD Unit   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Exposure to wastewater; Phnom Penh; Skin problems; Wastewater fed aquaculture

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; AQUATIC PLANT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIURBAN AREA; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISORDER; WASTEWATER;

ADULT; AQUACULTURE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAIL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; URBAN AREA; URTICARIA; WASTE WATER; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; SEWAGE; STATISTICS;

CAMBODIA; PHNOM PENH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AQUACULTURE; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEWAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651028303     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.128     Document Type: Article

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