Global potential of phosphorus recovery from human urine and feces

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 832-839

  Mihelcic, James R ^a   Fry, Lauren M ^b   Shaw, Ryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosanitation; Human excrement; Material flow; Phosphorus; Sanitation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECOVERY; SANITATION; WASTEWATER;

AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; DEVELOPING REGIONS; ECOSANITATION; HUMAN EXCREMENT; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; MATERIAL FLOW; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY;

PHOSPHORUS;

PHOSPHORUS;

BIOSOLID; FECES; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SANITATION; URBANIZATION; URINE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES LEVEL; HUMAN; RECYCLING; SANITATION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; URINE LEVEL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 79960307592     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.046     Document Type: Article

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