Soil: A public health threat or savior?

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 416-432

  Pepper, I L ^a   Gerba, C P ^a   Newby, D T ^b   Rice, C W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Geoindigenous pathogens; Natural products; Soil

Indexed keywords

CANCER DRUG; CRITICAL REVIEW; GEOINDIGENOUS PATHOGENS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN INFECTION; HUMAN NUTRITION; HUMAN PATHOGENS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL MICROBES; SYSTEMIN; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS;

SOILS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MINERAL; NATURAL PRODUCT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NUTRITION; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; VALUATION;

DRUG ISOLATION; ECOSYSTEM; FRACTIONATION; GENETIC RESOURCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA;

VERMES;

EID: 80755155631     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380701664748     Document Type: Review

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