The characterization of feces and urine: A review of the literature to inform advanced treatment technology

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1827-1879

  Rose, C ^a   Parker, A ^a   Jefferson, B ^a   Cartmell, E ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fecal characteristics; feces; feces treatment; human excreta; urine; urine characteristics

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; UREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FECAL CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FECES TREATMENT; HUMAN EXCRETA; URINE; URINE CHARACTERISTICS;

BODY FLUIDS;

CARBOHYDRATE; CREATININE; FAT; FECES LIPID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; UREA; WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXCRETION; FECES; FOOD INTAKE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NONMETAL; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POTASSIUM; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; URINE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DRY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EXERCISE; FECES; FEMALE; FIBER; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MOISTURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ON SITE SANITATION SYSTEM; PH; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SALT INTAKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE; URINE VOLUME; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84930254896     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2014.1000761     Document Type: Article

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