Public health implications of sewage ponds in Kano metropolis, Nigeria

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 25-31

  Mukhtar, M D ^a   Indabawa, I I ^a   Imam, T S ^a  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Kano; Nigeria; Ponds; Public health; Sewage

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PLANT TOXIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER;

AWARENESS; BUILDING MATERIAL; CATTLE; CHEMICAL WASTE; DEATH; DISABILITY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FASCIOLA; FUNGUS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ODOR; POND; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTOZOON; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SHEEP; SNAIL; SOLID WASTE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; VIRUS; WORM; YELLOW FEVER;

ALGAE; BOS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FASCIOLA; FUNGI; GASTROPODA; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77952837090     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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