Human excreta for plant production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-411

  Heinonen Tanski, Helvi ^a   Van Wijk Sijbesma, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Faeces; Fertilisation; Horticulture; Hygiene; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Pollution; Tropical countries; Urine; Waste

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PLANT PRODUCTION; TAP WATERS;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

CROP PRODUCTION; FECES; FERTILIZER; TROPICAL REGION; URINE;

AGRICULTURE; DOMESTIC WASTE; FECES; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; URINE; WOOD ASH;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 7444224016     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2003.10.036     Document Type: Article

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