Real or perceived: The environmental health risks of urban sack gardening in Kibera Slums of Nairobi, Kenya

EcoHealth

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-20

  Gallaher, Courtney Maloof ^a   Mwaniki, Dennis ^b   Njenga, Mary ^c   Karanja, Nancy K ^b   Winklerprins, Antoinette M G A ^d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental risk; heavy metals; Kenya; Kibera; total coliform bacteria; urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GARDENING; HEALTH; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; POLLUTION; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SUPPLY; GARDENING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; METALS, HEAVY; PERCEPTION; POISONING; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; URBAN HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS CICLA;

EID: 84877734799     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0827-5     Document Type: Article

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