Enhancing the public health perspective on onsite wastewater systems

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 59-61

  Zarate Bermudez, Max A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEWAGE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 73349111661     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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