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Risk of faecal pollution among waste handlers in a resource-deprived coastal peri-urban settlement in Southern Ghana

Resource-deprived coastal peri-urban settlements in Southern Ghana are characterized by indiscriminate solid waste disposal and open defecation practices. Persons engaged in waste handling in such communities perform their activities with little or no personal protective equipment. They are thus con...

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Autores principales:	Kretchy, James-Paul, Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli, Ayi, Irene, Dwomoh, Duah, Agyabeng, Kofi, Konradsen, Flemming, Dalsgaard, Anders
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7531843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33006973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239587

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