Options for urine treatment in developing countries

Desalination

Volumn 248, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 360-368

  Pronk, W ^a   Kone D ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Fertilizer production; Micropollutants; Nutrient recycling; Source control; Urine

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; SOURCE CONTROL; URINE;

BODY FLUIDS; ELECTRODIALYSIS; EVAPORATION; FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; RECYCLING; VAPORS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTROKINESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; EVAPORATION; FERTILIZER; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECYCLING; URINE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 70349629997     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.05.076     Document Type: Article

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