Ecohealth approach to urban waste management: Exposure to environmental pollutants and health risks in yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10292-10309

  Kouamé, Parfait K ^a,b   Dongo, Kouassi ^a,b   Nguyen Viet, Hung ^c,d,e,f   Zurbrügg, Christian ^g   Lüthi, Christoph ^g   Hattendorf, Jan ^e,f   Utzinger, Jürg ^e,f   Biémi, Jean ^a   Bonfoh, Bassirou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c International Livestock Research Institute   (Viet Nam)

^d HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C te d Ivoire; Ecohealth; Risk factor; Tropical diseases; Waste management; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER; WASTE WATER;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; MALARIA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALARIA; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TYPHOID FEVER; WATER POLLUTION;

COTE D'IVOIRE; YAMOUSSOUKRO;

CITIES; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; TOILET FACILITIES; TYPHOID FEVER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84908325240     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111010292     Document Type: Article

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