Exploring global Cryptosporidium emissions to surface water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-19

  Hofstra, N ^a   Bouwman, A F ^b,c   Beusen, A H W ^b   Medema, G J ^d,e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Global modelling; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EXCRETION RATES; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; HOT SPOT; LATIN AMERICA; NON-POINT SOURCE; NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTIONS; OOCYSTS; POINT AND NONPOINT SOURCES; POINT SOURCE EMISSIONS; POINT SOURCES; PROTOZOAN PARASITES; SEWAGE SYSTEM; TOTAL EMISSIONS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANIMALS; MANURES; NUTRIENTS; SEWAGE;

SURFACE WATERS;

RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; FRESH WATER;

MODELING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARASITE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PROTOZOAN; SURFACE WATER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; EMISSION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT; PATHOGEN; RUNOFF; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; EXCRETION; INDIA; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WASTE WATER; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; INDIA; LATIN AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; HYDROBIOLOGY; MANURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OOCYSTS; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84869888464     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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