Escherichia coli contamination and health aspects of soil and tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) subsurface drip irrigated with on-site treated domestic wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 5917-5934

  Forslund, A ^a   Ensink, J H J ^b   Markussen, B ^c   Battilani, A ^d   Psarras, G ^e   Gola, S ^f   Sandei, L ^f   Fletcher, T ^b   Dalsgaard, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d National Agricultural Research Foundation ^*  (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^f Stazione Sperimentale per l'Industria delle Conserve Alimentari   (Italy)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Food safety; PFGE typing; Risk assessment; Subsurface drip irrigation; Tomato; Treated wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ANIMALS; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; FRUITS; HEALTH RISKS; MICROFILTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); SUBIRRIGATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); PFGE TYPING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT (QMRA); SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION; TOMATO; TREATED WASTEWATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOINDICATOR; BIOREACTOR; DRIP IRRIGATION; ELECTROKINESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FECAL COLIFORM; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; TOMATO; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE; GREECE; ITALY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; VERMES;

EID: 84867141869     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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