Impact of irrigation water quality on human health: A case study in India

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2800-2807

  Srinivasan, Jeena T ^a   Reddy, V Ratna ^b  

^a Centre for Economic Social Studies   (India)

^b Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Hyderabad; India; Morbidity; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 68249144597     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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