We studied the health risks related to wastewater and excreta reuse in an agricultural community in northern Vietnam, with a focus on intestinal parasitic infections and diarrhoeal diseases. Several epidemiological studies were conducted to assess the relative importance of exposure to wastew...
Phuc Pham Duc
,
Hung Nguyen-Viet
,
Zurbrugg, C.
,
Zinsstag, Jakob
,
Cam Dac Phung
,
Hattendorf, J.
,
Odermatt, P.
,
[Health risks associated with the use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture in northern Vietnam]
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Health risks associated with the use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture in northern Vietnam
The incidence of diarrhoea was monitored and the risk factors for diarrhoea were identified in the rural community of Hanam, Vietnam, over a period of one year. Compared to adults without direct contact to wastewater and excreta during their agricultural activities, those in direct contact had a ...
Phuc Pham Duc
,
Hung Nguyen-Viet
,
Hattendorf, J.
,
Zinsstag, Jakob
,
Zurbrugg, C.
,
Phung Dac Cam
,
Odermatt, P.
,
[Diarrhoeal disease related to agricultural wastewater and excreta use in Vietnam]
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Diarrhoeal disease related to agricultural wastewater and excreta use in Vietnam
BACKGROUND: Despite the potential health risks of wastewater and excreta use as fertiliser in agriculture, it is still widespread in Vietnam. However, the importance of diarrheal risk in adults' associated with the combined exposures to both excreta and wastewater use in agriculture is largely un...
Phuc Pham Duc
,
Hung Nguyen-Viet
,
Hattendorf, J.
,
Cam Dac Phung
,
Zurbrugg, C.
,
Zinsstag, Jakob
,
Odermatt, P.
,
[Diarrhoeal diseases among adult population in an agricultural community Hanam province, Vietnam, with high wastewater and excreta re-use]
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Diarrhoeal diseases among adult population in an agricultural community Hanam province, Vietnam, with high wastewater and excreta re-use