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Health risk evaluation due to wastewater use in agriculture: executive summary. Volume I: microbiological aspects

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Date
1990-12
Author
Esparza, María Luisa
Muñoz, Alberto
Pan American Health Organization
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Abstract
[Objectives] The general objective of the project was to evaluate the degree of sanitary acceptability of those un-processed agricultural products most frequently used for human consumption which are irrigated with raw and treated wastewater throughout the crop growing areas surrounding Lima.
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Public Health; Health Risk; Environmental Health; Wastewater Use; Agriculture; Americas
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https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55327
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