Sensitivity analysis of agroenvironmental indicators of the hygienic pressure from livestock production on population health

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-81

  Berthiaume, P ^a,b   Ravel, A ^a,b   Michel, P ^a,b   Brazeau, S ^a,b   Bigras Poulin, M ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; MAMMALS; MANURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RISKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

AGRO-ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; BACTERIA CONCENTRATIONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; MULTIPLICATIVE MODEL; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PRECISION APPLICATIONS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE;

EID: 74149093718     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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